finding the file which is modified within last 2 hours

trichyselva · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008

hi,
I want to find a file which is modified within last 2 hours
i am using sun-os
i tried find . -name <filename> -mmin 120

i found that mmin option is not supported in sun-os is there any other alternative option

suggestions welcome

thanks in advance

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008

You need perl, python or C - here is perl

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
secs()
{
	perl -e ' 
			 $mtime = (stat $ARGV[0])[9];
			 $diff = time() - $mtime;
			 if ($diff > ( $ARGV[1] * 3600 )) 
			 {
			     print "1";	
			 }
			 else
			 {
			     print "0";	
			 }
			' $1  $2
}
hours=2
for file in `ls *.pl`
do
	older=$(secs $file $hours)
	if [[ $older -eq 1 ]] ; then
	   echo "$file is older"
	else
	   echo "$file is not older"
	fi   
done

Bill Ma · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim mcnamara

You need perl, python or C - here is perl

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
secs()
{
    perl -e ' 
             $mtime = (stat $ARGV[0])[9];
             $diff = time() - $mtime;
             if ($diff > ( $ARGV[1] * 3600 )) 
             {
                 print "1";    
             }
             else
             {
                 print "0";    
             }
            ' $1  $2
}
hours=2
for file in `ls *.pl`
do
    older=$(secs $file $hours)
    if [[ $older -eq 1 ]] ; then
       echo "$file is older"
    else
       echo "$file is not older"
    fi   
done

What is the first check for? -- comparing diff to 3600

ghostdog74 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by trichyselva

hi,
I want to find a file which is modified within last 2 hours
i am using sun-os
i tried find . -name <filename> -mmin 120

i found that mmin option is not supported in sun-os is there any other alternative option

suggestions welcome

thanks in advance

please try the mtime option. check the man page of find.

radoulov · #5 (**permalink**) 03-21-2008

With zsh:

Code:

print -l **/*(.mh-2)

devtakh · #6 (**permalink**) 06-04-2009

or touch a file with the timestamp
and then use find with the option -newer

-Devaraj Takhellambam

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