find command help

birla.sunil · 10-29-2010, 06:15 AM

hi ,

i am using below command can anyone tell whtz wrong with it
find / -newer -10 mtime +30
to see yersterdays modified files

colucix · 10-29-2010, 06:22 AM

The -newer predicate accepts a file name as argument: it looks for files modified more recently than the specified file.

birla.sunil · 10-29-2010, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

The -newer predicate accepts a file name as argument: it looks for files modified more recently than the specified file.

can u know the correction of thi s command

colucix · 10-29-2010, 07:58 AM

If you want to find the files modified in the last 24 hours, try:

Code:

find / -mtime -1

if you want to find the files modified since yesterday midnight:

Code:

find / -daystart -mtime -2

To use the -newer predicate, just touch a temporary file to the date you want to use as threshold, then you will find every file modified at a later time. Example for 28-Oct-2010 13:00:

Code:

touch -t 201010281300 /tmp/dummy
find / -newer /tmp/dummy

Hope this helps.