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    How to Search Files Created within X Days/Hours in Linux

    By RahulSeptember 13, 20191 Min Read

    This tutorial will help you to find files created or modified within X days. Here X means any number. Using the find command you can also search which is created or modified within X minutes.

    1. Search files created/modified within 30 days

    Use this command to search all files created or modified within 30 days in /var/backup directory. Find provides the option -mtime to define number of days.

    find /var/backup -type f -mtime +30
    

    You can also search file created within 60 minutes (1 hour) using -mmin optiopn.

    find /var/backup -type f -mmin +60
    

    2. Search files with specific extension

    You can also search file for a specific extension. For example to search all files with extension “.log” under /var/log directory.

    find /var/log -name "*.log" -type f -mtime +30 
    

    Or search specific extension file created within 60 minutes (1 hour).

    find /var/log -name "*.log" -type f -mmin +60
    

    The above command will show only files having a .log extension.

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