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Old 10-19-2007
MySQL shell script to find files by date and size

Hi, I have a directory PRIVATE in which I have several directories and each of these have several files. Therefore, I need to find those files by size and date to back up those files in another directory.

I don't know how to implement this shell script using ''find''.


appreciate any ideas...Smilie
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Old 10-20-2007
There are quite a few find tricks that we have in our FAQ section. Why don't you take a look at these and see if they help?
 
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