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# 1  
Old 05-06-2008
checking out latest updated file
hi,
i was wondering if there is a way to find out which file is updated the most recent time in the entire file system.... most probably this would be refering to some LOG file, but i wanna find a way which file was that...
some script should work or what?
can anybody help me out on that.
for example to list the last 20 most updated files. starting from root onwards

thanks indeed
# 2  
Old 05-06-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by asadlone
hi,
i was wondering if there is a way to find out which file is updated the most recent time in the entire file system.... most probably this would be refering to some LOG file, but i wanna find a way which file was that...
some script should work or what?
can anybody help me out on that.
for example to list the last 20 most updated files. starting from root onwards

thanks indeed
Code:
ls -ltr | tail -20

# 3  
Old 05-08-2008
but that will give updated files in the current working directory...
i need to see in whole filesystem starting from root and onwards

i wanna check which files are the most updated ones ....not in a particular directory but overall in the entire filesystem which also shows its path

thanks
# 4  
Old 05-08-2008
find with mtime option may help.

A Sample:
Code:
find / -mtime -5 -exec ls -ltr {} \;

Change the root dir you want to search and the mtime parameter according to your need.
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