UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All,

How do i find all the files between two times.
Eg: 26 may 2014 06:00 to 26 may 2014 14:00

mmin and mtime gives for a specific period. we receive hundreds of files input directories and i need to find how many files are received between given specific datetime.

Thanks.

If the files have been changed since they arrived, you can't in general (although some filesystem types do have a file creation time stamp). If you just want to see a list of the regular files in and under a directory that changed during that time, create two files (using touch) with timestamps a millisecond before the start time and equal to the end times of your range. So, in this case:

Code:

touch -d 2014-05-26T05:59:59.999 first_file
touch -d 2014-05-26T14:00:00 second_file
find directory -type f -newer first_file ! -newer second_file

GNU find would offer the -newerXY test - see man find.