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E.g., a MySQL server is running on my Ubuntu machine. Some data has been changed during the last 24 hours.
What (Linux) scripts can find the files that have been changed during the last 24 hours?
Please list the file names, file sizes, and modified time.
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File Explorer has a convenient way to search recently modified files built right into the “Search” tab on the Ribbon. Switch to the “Search” tab, click the “Date Modified” button, and then select a range. If you don't see the “Search” tab, click once in the search box and it should appear.
Thus find -ctime 0 finds everything for which the inode has changed (e.g. includes file creation, but also counts link count and permissions and filesize change) less than an hour ago.
Finding Files Modified on a Specific Date in Linux: You can use the ls command to list files including their modification date by adding the -lt flag as shown in the example below. The flag -l is used to format the output as a log. The flag -t is used to list last modified files, newer first.
To find all files modified in the last 24 hours (last full day) in a particular specific directory and its sub-directories:
find /directory_path -mtime -1 -ls Should be to your liking
The - before 1 is important - it means anything changed one day or less ago. A + before 1 would instead mean anything changed at least one day ago, while having nothing before the 1 would have meant it was changed exacted one day ago, no more, no less.
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Another, more humane way:
find /<directory> -newermt "-24 hours" -ls or:
find /<directory> -newermt "1 day ago" -ls or:
find /<directory> -newermt "yesterday" -ls If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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