Find shell command
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<yambe:breadcrumb>Shell_scripting|Shell scripting</yambe:breadcrumb>
find shell command
Find files older than given no. of days
To find files older than 30 days use:
find . -mtime +30 -daystart
Careful To automatically delete files older than 30 days use:
find . -mtime +30 -daystart -delete
To find files modified within last 5-6 days use:
find . -mtime +5 -mtime -6
There is also atime and ctime for access times and change times respectively. mtime used in above examples is for modification times.
