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Old 11-24-2012
Find list of files modified for a given day ?

find list of files modified for a given day ?

if i have 10 files in my directory, i have modified only 5 ... how to display only modified files ?
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Old 11-24-2012
Hi,

have a look at
Code:
man find

useful expression fitting your needs may be:
ctime, mtime

remember that:
Numeric arguments can be specified as
+n
for greater than n,

-n
for less than n,

n
for exactly n.


see ya
fra
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