Re: Stupid Find Tricks

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From: "Steve" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx>


> 1. man find
> 2. man bash
> 3. write script
> 4. profit
>
> :-)
>
> hint.
>
> find all files
> find all files last modified after x days
>
> remove list two from list 1
>
> depending on structure - work out what users have access to resulting list
> via fancy grep/swk/sed/regexps (use regexps as they are cool)
>
>
> -- 
> Steve.
>
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Mike McMullen wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to get find to do the following:
> >
> > I have a directory of symbolic links in a user's home.
> >
> > The symbolic links point to a folder that has a bunch of
> > files in it. Each user is only allowed to access the files
> > they have links to.
> >
> > I am trying to find files from the user's home directory
> > that have not been modified in the last two or greater
> > days. I need to know by user who hasn't modified
> > ie worked on a file in two+ days.
> >
> > Whats the magic incantation?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >

Thanks. I've read the man pages for find and for bash numerous times.

The solution for me is:

find -name "*.brw" -mtime +2 -follow

I was actually doing it right previously but didn't believe my results.
Looks
like I need to get people cracking on their work.

Mike



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