Difference between revisions of "Find"
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To find files in ''folder'' that are older than ''5'' days use | To find files in ''folder'' that are older than ''5'' days use | ||
find ''folder'' -ctime +''5'' -exec ls {} \; | find ''folder'' -ctime +''5'' -exec ls {} \; | ||
| + | To find how old a file is, use the [[command]] [[stat]]. | ||
== file modification == | == file modification == | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 13 March 2010
Find allows you to find files, e.g.
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find by time
find files older than ...
To find files in folder that are older than 5 days use
find folder -ctime +5 -exec ls {} \;
To find how old a file is, use the command stat.
file modification
To find files whose content has been modified 1 days or shorter ago use
find . -mtime -1
To find files whose content has been modified 1 days or longer ago use
find . -mtime +1
find files that have content
find -not -empty -iname "foo*"
find files by content
To find files by content you do not use find, but grep.
