UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How do I find files those have been updated in the last 24 hours, sort them by size descending and then display the top of the long list?

go through the man page of find you can do it..

anybody can go through the man page of any command. or read books, join college. The reason why do I post it here is to get some "real" pointer towards solution. Asking the poster to go read the man page is certainly not what I expected.

its not a forum where you ask and get it.. its not a fast food center nor ready to eat center..first you have to post your effort towards that problem and here you get direction towards right direction.. if you can't follow it i don't think you are fit to do a shell script..and in find man page its clearly written how to find files modified in last 24hrs and how to display them..

I completely agree with Vidhyadhar.. Also I think you are asking for a favor here, and not assigning a task.

Everyone in this forum are helpful and would definitely give an answer to the question asked.The only thing that remains from your side is , try something out and ask a question in a graceful manner.

I would leave upto the moderators here, what needs to be done.

Now for your question, check the ctime or newer option of find command.
you would get this information from the man page.

Well. I think everyone is correct.

Normally, "read the man page" is not an acceptable answer, because folks here are expected to be more helpful than that. What I often do when the answer calls for some man page research, I post (quote) the relevant part of the man page in my reply.

On the other hand, if the question is asked and the person who asked the question shows no interest in reviewing the man page, or showing that they tried on their own, there is little reason folks should take their time to answer.

So, I suggest that shantanuo should review the man page on find and then post his attempts, which is what others seem to be suggesting. At least show you read the page and tried....

Hope this helped.

1) First of all sorry for being impolite.

2) I have tried the following and found that ibdata1 file is No. 1 because it is updated every day and is huge.
ls -lSh `find /var/ -mtime -1` | head
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 2.8G Sep 27 12:13 /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1
.... other usual MySQL file list....
I wanted to see the "unusal" files created during the last 24 hours (not updated like ibdata1 as shown in the example above) those are huge.

3) Is it true that Unix does not track the creation date of files?
https://www.unix.com/tips-tutorials/2...html#post79750
It means I will not be able to access the info that I am looking for. Thanks.