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Old 03-05-2015
Date range
Dear all,

how can I select in the file below only the files created between Aug 14 2014 and Feb 03 2015?

Code:
EZA2284I -rw-r--r--    1 30       8          356954 Aug 15  2014 file1
EZA2284I -rw-rw-r--    1 30       8          251396 Feb 05 12:53 file2
EZA2284I -rw-rw-r--    1 30       8          169496 Feb 04 12:53 file3
EZA2284I -rw-rw-r--    1 30       8          169496 Feb 01 12:53 file4
EZA2284I -rw-rw-r--    1 30       8           85219 Sep 09 13:54 file5
EZA2284I -rw-r--r--    1 30       8          201338 Aug 16  2013 file6
EZA2284I -rw-r--r--    1 30       8          210357 Aug 16  2013 file7
EZA2284I -rw-rw-r--    1 30       8           21991 Feb 05 12:53 file8
EZA2284I -rw-r--r--    1 30       8          199153 Sep 13  2013 file9
EZA2284I -rw-r--r--    1 30       8          222810 Sep 13  2013 file10
EZA2284I -rw-rw-r--    1 30       8            8861 Feb 05 12:53 file11

Any help is greatly appreciated
Regards
# 2  
Old 03-05-2015
Did you consider the find utility?
# 3  
Old 03-05-2015
Hello,

I tryed this but it doesn't work:
Code:
find myfile.txt -newermt "Aug 14 2014" ! -newermt "Feb 03 2015"

Regards
# 4  
Old 03-05-2015
WHAT doesn't work?

touch two files with the respective dates and use them as references.
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