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list all file created since 3 month or more

hello,

you helpull was very benebic for me.

this is what I did

-- I create a file : touch date --date='3 months ago' myfile

-- to find it : find dir \! -newer myfile

thank you

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FYI also useful to do tar of data if you want to use a date as a marker...

I did this to backup files since my backup the nite before to do a FULL backup before I upgraded my box... very handy...

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