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# 1  
Old 07-28-2016
RedHat Need files exactly 3 to 7 days old
Hi,

I need files exactly 3 to 7 days old.

Today is 28th July 2016.

I have two files one dated 25th July and other 21st July which are 3 to 7 days old.
Code:
94702    1 -rw-r--r--   1 m1083 user1         26 Jul 25 13:00 ./Report_0751.txt
94751    1 -rw-r--r--   1 m1083 user1        128 Jul 21 13:00 ./Report_0710.txt

Below is what i tried

Code:
find . -mtime +2 -a -mtime -7 -ls

But instead of displaying both the files it shows only one file dated 21st.

My understanding of the command is-> find files more than 2 days old and not more than 7 days old -> which means both the files dated 25th and 21st.

Can you please tell me why i dont see both the files as output of the find command ?

Moto: I will use the same solution to find files exactly 7 days old.
Last edited by mohtashims; 07-28-2016 at 03:45 PM..
# 2  
Old 07-28-2016
At what time of day did you search for files less than 7 days old? (Was it before or after the 1pm timestamp on both of your files?)
# 3  
Old 07-28-2016
find command does NOT use calendar days.

Code:
$ date
Thu, Jul 28, 2016  8:30:10 PM
$ date +%s
1469759421 # this NOW on my computer, the number of seconds since midnight on Jan 1 1970.

1469759421 -86400 =1469673021  # this is one day ago.  It is 8:30 yesterday evening.

This is how find works.
One way to get calendar days is to create two dummy files
use the touch command NOTE: I am using the date on my system, you make it fit yours:
Code:
touch -t 201607210000 dummy1  # seven days ago at the very start of the day
touch -t 201607252359 dummy2  # three days ago at the END of the day i.e., 23:59
find /path/to/files -type f - \( -newer dummy1 -a !-newer dummy2 \)

# 4  
Old 07-29-2016
I would consider making two dummy files to set the start and end date/times that you are interested in and then use the -newer flag of find to search between them.


I hope that this helps,
Robin
# 5  
Old 07-29-2016
-mtime 7 means the files that are between 7*24*60*60 seconds and 8*24*60*60 seconds old.

If you want a certain calendar day then you must run this at midnight.
Last edited by rbatte1; 07-29-2016 at 11:42 AM.. Reason: Added ICODE tags for the flags
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