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Thursday, 1 March 2012

How to view files modified yesterday

find /path/to/directory/ -daystart -ctime 1

The find command helps you to find files that were changed or modified yesterday

-daystart :- will tell to begin the search from yesterday 00:00 and not - 24:-00 hours. If u don't mention it, this will show you files updated 24 hours ago from the current time.

-ctime :- will tell to look for files modified 1 day ago, to check for files n days ago specify -ctime "n", where n is the no. of day

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