What does newermt mean in find command?
I know I can use this option to find file between particular modified times. But I'm curious about what does this mean?
I used man find | grep newermt trying to find something. But I got no direct content. It seems -newer file and mtime stuff may have relation with it. But I'm not sure..
So, what does -newermt actually mean?
command-line find
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I know I can use this option to find file between particular modified times. But I'm curious about what does this mean?
I used man find | grep newermt trying to find something. But I got no direct content. It seems -newer file and mtime stuff may have relation with it. But I'm not sure..
So, what does -newermt actually mean?
command-line find
edited Nov 25 '14 at 12:31
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asked Nov 25 '14 at 4:40
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I know I can use this option to find file between particular modified times. But I'm curious about what does this mean?
I used man find | grep newermt trying to find something. But I got no direct content. It seems -newer file and mtime stuff may have relation with it. But I'm not sure..
So, what does -newermt actually mean?
command-line find
edited Nov 25 '14 at 12:31
slm♦
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asked Nov 25 '14 at 4:40
ZenZen
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I know I can use this option to find file between particular modified times. But I'm curious about what does this mean?
I used man find | grep newermt trying to find something. But I got no direct content. It seems -newer file and mtime stuff may have relation with it. But I'm not sure..
So, what does -newermt actually mean?
command-line find
command-line find
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asked Nov 25 '14 at 4:40
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find(1):
-newerXY reference
Compares the timestamp of the current file with reference. The
reference argument is normally the name of a file (and one of
its timestamps is used for the comparison) but it may also be a
string describing an absolute time. X and Y are placeholders
for other letters, and these letters select which time belonging
to how reference is used for the comparison.
a The access time of the file reference
B The birth time of the file reference
c The inode status change time of reference
m The modification time of the file reference
t reference is interpreted directly as a time
answered Nov 25 '14 at 5:02
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find ./ -mtime +n used to get all files older than n daysfind ./ -mtime -n used to get all files modified in last n days
Now if you are using 1 in place of n, you will get files modified in the last 24 hours. But what if you want only files from yesterday and not within the last 24 hours? Here newermt comes into the picture.
find ./ -newermt "2016-01-18" ! -newermt '2016-01-19'
will give you all files which are newer than specified date and ! will exclude all files which are newer than the specified date. So the above command will give a list of files which were modified on 2016-01-18.
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find(1):
-newerXY reference
Compares the timestamp of the current file with reference. The
reference argument is normally the name of a file (and one of
its timestamps is used for the comparison) but it may also be a
string describing an absolute time. X and Y are placeholders
for other letters, and these letters select which time belonging
to how reference is used for the comparison.
a The access time of the file reference
B The birth time of the file reference
c The inode status change time of reference
m The modification time of the file reference
t reference is interpreted directly as a time
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find(1):
-newerXY reference
Compares the timestamp of the current file with reference. The
reference argument is normally the name of a file (and one of
its timestamps is used for the comparison) but it may also be a
string describing an absolute time. X and Y are placeholders
for other letters, and these letters select which time belonging
to how reference is used for the comparison.
a The access time of the file reference
B The birth time of the file reference
c The inode status change time of reference
m The modification time of the file reference
t reference is interpreted directly as a time
answered Nov 25 '14 at 5:02
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find(1):
-newerXY reference
Compares the timestamp of the current file with reference. The
reference argument is normally the name of a file (and one of
its timestamps is used for the comparison) but it may also be a
string describing an absolute time. X and Y are placeholders
for other letters, and these letters select which time belonging
to how reference is used for the comparison.
a The access time of the file reference
B The birth time of the file reference
c The inode status change time of reference
m The modification time of the file reference
t reference is interpreted directly as a time
answered Nov 25 '14 at 5:02
SailorCireSailorCire
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find(1):
-newerXY reference
Compares the timestamp of the current file with reference. The
reference argument is normally the name of a file (and one of
its timestamps is used for the comparison) but it may also be a
string describing an absolute time. X and Y are placeholders
for other letters, and these letters select which time belonging
to how reference is used for the comparison.
a The access time of the file reference
B The birth time of the file reference
c The inode status change time of reference
m The modification time of the file reference
t reference is interpreted directly as a time
answered Nov 25 '14 at 5:02
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answered Nov 25 '14 at 5:02
SailorCireSailorCire
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answered Nov 25 '14 at 5:02
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find ./ -mtime +n used to get all files older than n daysfind ./ -mtime -n used to get all files modified in last n days
Now if you are using 1 in place of n, you will get files modified in the last 24 hours. But what if you want only files from yesterday and not within the last 24 hours? Here newermt comes into the picture.
find ./ -newermt "2016-01-18" ! -newermt '2016-01-19'
will give you all files which are newer than specified date and ! will exclude all files which are newer than the specified date. So the above command will give a list of files which were modified on 2016-01-18.
edited Jan 26 at 13:28
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answered Jan 18 '16 at 12:26
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find ./ -mtime +n used to get all files older than n daysfind ./ -mtime -n used to get all files modified in last n days
Now if you are using 1 in place of n, you will get files modified in the last 24 hours. But what if you want only files from yesterday and not within the last 24 hours? Here newermt comes into the picture.
find ./ -newermt "2016-01-18" ! -newermt '2016-01-19'
will give you all files which are newer than specified date and ! will exclude all files which are newer than the specified date. So the above command will give a list of files which were modified on 2016-01-18.
edited Jan 26 at 13:28
abcd
32
answered Jan 18 '16 at 12:26
user152041user152041
7111
add a comment |
find ./ -mtime +n used to get all files older than n daysfind ./ -mtime -n used to get all files modified in last n days
Now if you are using 1 in place of n, you will get files modified in the last 24 hours. But what if you want only files from yesterday and not within the last 24 hours? Here newermt comes into the picture.
find ./ -newermt "2016-01-18" ! -newermt '2016-01-19'
will give you all files which are newer than specified date and ! will exclude all files which are newer than the specified date. So the above command will give a list of files which were modified on 2016-01-18.
edited Jan 26 at 13:28
abcd
32
answered Jan 18 '16 at 12:26
user152041user152041
7111
find ./ -mtime +n used to get all files older than n daysfind ./ -mtime -n used to get all files modified in last n days
Now if you are using 1 in place of n, you will get files modified in the last 24 hours. But what if you want only files from yesterday and not within the last 24 hours? Here newermt comes into the picture.
find ./ -newermt "2016-01-18" ! -newermt '2016-01-19'
will give you all files which are newer than specified date and ! will exclude all files which are newer than the specified date. So the above command will give a list of files which were modified on 2016-01-18.
edited Jan 26 at 13:28
abcd
32
answered Jan 18 '16 at 12:26
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7111
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