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# 1  
Old 06-14-2010
How to find the recent file in many sub-directories?
Hi guys,

Under my root directory there are many sub-directories which contains log file for every day of running.
How can I find , in one command only, the recent log file in each sub-directory?

For example, If I run the following:
Code:
find . -name "exp_prod_*_*_yes_*_.log" -exec ls -ltr {} \;

I'll get all the files . I need to cut from this list only the last file from each sub-directory.

Thanks in advance,
Nir
# 2  
Old 06-14-2010
did you try the -mtime -1 option on find?
# 3  
Old 06-15-2010
Yes, I did , but no data were retrieved.

---------- Post updated 06-15-10 at 01:02 PM ---------- Previous update was 06-14-10 at 02:55 PM ----------

I'll be glad to get more suggestions.

Thanks in advance,
Nir
# 4  
Old 06-15-2010
on /
Code:
find -P .  -name *.log  -mtime +1

Last edited by omerzzz; 06-15-2010 at 02:40 PM..
# 5  
Old 06-15-2010
Thanks , but the command has failed:

Code:
{oracle} /oa01 PROD> find -P . -name "*.log" -mtime +1
find: illegal option -- P
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list

# 6  
Old 06-15-2010
lose the double quotation
worked for me in Ubuntu and red-hat.
Code:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
root@omer-desktop:/# find -P . -name *.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-9051.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-9530.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-14811.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-7774.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-8038.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-8038.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-14819.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-7787.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-9051.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-8847.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-7774.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-7753.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-9933.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-7736.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-7757.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-7733.log
./tmp/vmware-root/appLoader-8041.log
./tmp/vmware-root/setup-8844.log

# 7  
Old 06-16-2010
Still fails Smilie
Probably "find -P" does not work on Solaris ...
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