10-08-2008
help: find and modified files script
hello all im a newbie in the linux world ..i have just started creating basic scripts in linux ..i am using rhel 5 ..the thing is i wanted to create a find script where i could find the last modified file and directory in the directory given as input by the user and storing the output in a file so i tried
echo"enter the file you want to search in";
read " " >> a;
/usr/bin/find echo $a -mtime +1 -exec basename {} >> modifies_files.txt \
please help me on this asap ..i can understand there are certain flaws in the script and would greatly appreciate the help
thank you
kumar
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