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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Need help with listing file name and modified date on a huge directory Post 303040255 by Chubler_XL on Friday 25th of October 2019 02:36:31 PM
Old 10-25-2019
You don't mention the OS you are using. If you have a GNU find the -printf option will assist with this task.

You could try:

Code:
find . -printf "%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %f\n"

This will give modification time and files name in this format:
Code:
2019-08-21 13:37 .bashrc
2019-10-24 13:09 .bash_history
2019-08-21 13:44 .bash_profile

Other info like filesize, permissions, etc are also available using the -printf option.

As far as feedback goes if you've been managing this huge directory on a system for a while you probably realize it's not a good idea. Many simple commands, shell auto completes etc. will take a long time and usually require processes to be killed. If your migrating this I would consider a sub folder layout, this could be derived from the filename created date etc.
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apropos(1)							   User Commands							apropos(1)

NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

       The apropos utility displays the man page name, section number, and a short description for each man page whose NAME line contains keyword.
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