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# 8  
Old 12-09-2010
didn't get u
R0H0N
# 9  
Old 12-09-2010
+7 means you are looking for a file modified 7 days ago so this is 8 -9 -10 ..... day old files

Calculate older 7 days mean minimum 8 day and more older files
Code:
# after7=$(perl -e 'use POSIX;print strftime "%Y/%m/%d-%H:%M\n",localtime time-((7+1)*24*60*60);')

Code:
# echo $after7
2010/12/01-10:14

Code:
# touch -t 201012011012 TESTOLD

I can list TESTOLD file because its modif time is old from 2010/12/01-10:14
Code:
# find . -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -1 {} \;|sort
./a
./al
./al1
./a.out
./b
./c
./lntest/a
./lntest/b
./TESTOLD


Code:
# touch -t 201012011020 TESTNEW

Like seen TESTNEW is not here because its modif time is new from 2010/12/01-10:14
Code:
# find . -mtime +7 -type f -exec ls -1 {} \;|sort
./a
./al
./al1
./a.out
./b
./c
./lntest/a
./lntest/b
./TESTOLD

Regards
ygemici
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# 10  
Old 12-09-2010
Hi ygemici,

thanks for your time and valuable explanation about find command, i am really apperciated.

Thanks
Prakash
# 11  
Old 12-09-2010
Don't forget that the definition of a day is 24 hours from the time the "find" command starts. This is detailed in an obscure manner in "man find".
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