Guided reading
find
is a handy tool to find files on your system. Files that have been changed in the last few days can be found. This will be the focus of this tutorial.
Timestamp type of the file
file with the following timestamps:
atime: Displays the last time the file was read or accessed.
amin: show how many minutes ago the file was last read or accessed
mtime: Displays the last time the file or program modified the file. When the file content is changed or modified, the mtime also changes. “Modification” means appending certain data to a file, reorganizing or deleting some or all of it.
mmin: Displays the last time the file was modified in minutes.
ctime: show when file attributes were modified
Use the -mtime option
In this section, we will focus on how to use the mtime option to search for files with timestamps within a certain range. This lists files accessed a few days ago.
Example 1: Find files in the /var/log folder that have been modified for more than 90 days.
[root@localhost ~]# find /var/log -mtime 90 -print
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-mtime 90 plus sign means greater than the following days
Example 2: Find configuration files in the /etc folder whose modification time is less than 10 days
[root@localhost ~]# find /etc -iname “*conf*” -mtime -10 -print
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