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Old 09-02-2010
Need help with a little script - novice

I am just learning unix and need some help. I am trying to display all of the files I have modified within the last 24 hours and sort them from the most recently modified. I can't figure it out.. I've been using a lot of ls and find commands. Here are some things I've tried:

Code:
find . -mtime -1 | ls -ltc  
 
find . -mtime -1 -exec ls -ltc {} \;

I have also changed -ltc to ltcd, lt, ltd, etc...

Anyway, its all pretty confusing. I've looked through manuals but still can't figure it out, can anyone help?

Thanks!

Last edited by Scott; 09-02-2010 at 04:44 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 09-02-2010
ls -lastr
# 3  
Old 09-02-2010
Code:
find -maxdepth 0 -mtime -1 -exec ls -lrt {} \;

# 4  
Old 09-02-2010
Try this one:
Code:
find . -type f -mtime -1 -exec ls -l {} \; | sort

Regards.
# 5  
Old 09-06-2010
A solution which works if none of the filenames contain space characters and there are not too many filenames for a "ls" command line.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
ls -l `find . -type f -mtime -1 -print`


A general solution is a lot more complicated.

Last edited by methyl; 09-06-2010 at 10:35 AM..
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