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--- find [2009/04/01 03:18] – created k2patel
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-<code text>
+====== Find ======
-To find all files that was modified since a specific time ago (i.e an hour ago, a day ago, 24 hours ago, a weeks ago and so on) in Unix environment, the find command will come in handy. The command syntax is:
+To find all files that was modified since a specific time ago\\
+(i.e an hour ago, a day ago, 24 hours ago, a weeks ago and so on) in Unix environment,\\
+the find command will come in handy. The command syntax is:
 To find all files modified in the last 24 hours (last full day) in current directory and its sub-directories:
+<code bash | cmd>
 find . -mtime -1 -print
+</code>
-Flag -mtime -1 option tells find command to look for files modified in the last day (24 hours). Flag -print option will cause find command to print the files’ location. -print can be replaced with -ls if you want a directory-listing-type response.
+Flag -mtime -1 option tells find command to look for files modified in the last day (24 hours).\\
+Flag -print option will cause find command to print the files’ location.\\
+-print can be replaced with -ls if you want a directory-listing-type response.
 To find all files modified in the last 24 hours (last full day) in a particular specific directory and its sub-directories:
+<code bahs | cmd>
 find /directory_path -mtime -1 -print
+</code>
-The command is basically the same with the earlier command, just that now you no need to cd (change directory) to the directory you want to search.
+The command is basically the same with the earlier command,\\
+just that now you no need to cd (change directory) to the directory you want to search.
-To find all files with regular file types only, and modified in the last 24 hours (last full day) in current directory and its sub-directories:
+To find all files with regular file types only,\\
+and modified in the last 24 hours (last full day) in current directory and its sub-directories:
+<code bash | cmd>
 find /directory_path -type f -mtime -1 -print
+</code>
-To find all files that are modified today only (since start of day only, i.e. 12 am), in current directory and its sub-directories:
+To find all files that are modified today only (since start of day only, i.e. 12 am),\\
+in current directory and its sub-directories:
+<code bash | cmd>
 touch -t `date +%m%d0000` /tmp/$$
 find /tmefndr/oravl01 -type f -newer /tmp/$$
 rm /tmp/$$
+</code>
-The first command can be modified to specify other date and time, so that the commands will return all files that have changed since that particular date and time.
+The first command can be modified to specify other date and time,\\
+so that the commands will return all files that have changed since that particular date and time.
+<code bash | cmd>
+find . -type f -mtime +14 -ok rm -f {} \;
 </code>
+Confirm before delete \\
+All files older then 14 days in root of location will be deleted with confirmation.