Find files created or modified in the last days
In the shell, run:
$ find ~ -mtime 0to display files created or modified within the last 24 hours.
$ find ~ -mtime 1to display files created or modified between 24 and 48 hours ago.
$ find ~ -mtime -3 to display files created or modified within the last 3 days.
$ find ~ -mtime +3 to display files created or modified older than three day.
The option -mtime tells find to display files which were created or modified n*24 hours ago. Meaning that find counts the number of 24-hour periods that have elapsed since the file was created or modified. Decimals are ignored. You can read more about -mtime on the man page of find. Which you can display by running
$ man findin the shell.
find is copyleft-licensed and was published in 1971.
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