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find -type f -mtime +2  -mtime -5

find -type f -mtime +2  -mtime -5 -exec ls -lhtr {} \+

trap 'rm -f /tmp/start_time_file.$$ /tmp/end_time_file.$$' 0

# Note that although the following uses midnight as the start and stop times,
# using touch allows you to set any time range you want.  If you use -d instead
# -t to set timestamps, you can set ranges down to the nanosecond level if the
# filesystems on which the time range files and the file hierarchy being searched
# support timestamps to that level of detail.
touch -t 201802050000 /tmp/start_time_file.$$
touch -t 201802080000 /tmp/end_time_file.$$

find /directory/at/root/of/hierarchy -type f -newer /tmp/start_time_file.$$ ! -newer /tmp/end_time_file.$$