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By tobycatlin (Contact - View My Woyano)
Published Fri 09 Feb 2007, 294 Views, 3 Comments

find path -mtime -n

example to find files changed in the last 7 days

find ./ -mtime -7


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    JV ~ 18 months ago
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    Can you be a little more descriptive! I dont get it cos Im thick
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      tobycatlin ~ 18 months ago
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      It just searches for files that have changed in that last 7 days. if you wanted to search for files that have changed in the last 5 days change the 7 to a 5
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        jake ~ 18 months ago
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        I tried typing this in Internet Explorer and it didn't work at all. It didn't find anything. I'm a stupid thick head
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          AdGuy
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          This is my two cents...

             
          Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)

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