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find files modified last year 2001 3
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KenCunningham
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You could perhaps use the -mtime +nnn option to find, where nnn is the number of days since the start of this year. The command:
find . -mtime +nnn -print
should do the trick. An alternative might be to do an:
ls -la | grep 2001
to list the files with a 2001 datestamp. HTH.
find . -mtime +nnn -print
should do the trick. An alternative might be to do an:
ls -la | grep 2001
to list the files with a 2001 datestamp. HTH.
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Hi OieL,
...one had to write a script how to calculate the number of days back to a specified day which would be a sophisticated solution, but that's non-trivial...
Anyway, a quick solution (which also works properly) is:
in the directory you want to check (otherwise use absolute path names):
$ touch 1231010100 mark1
# a file with timestamp Dec 31 2000
$ touch 0101010102 mark2
# a file with timestamp Jan 01 2002
$ find . -newer mark1 ! -newer mark2
# gives you all files from 2001
HTH
mrjazz![[pc2]](/data/assets/smilies/pc2.gif "[pc2] [pc2]")
...one had to write a script how to calculate the number of days back to a specified day which would be a sophisticated solution, but that's non-trivial...
Anyway, a quick solution (which also works properly) is:
in the directory you want to check (otherwise use absolute path names):
$ touch 1231010100 mark1
# a file with timestamp Dec 31 2000
$ touch 0101010102 mark2
# a file with timestamp Jan 01 2002
$ find . -newer mark1 ! -newer mark2
# gives you all files from 2001
HTH
mrjazz
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