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Subject: Re: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old?
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>  how can i use find or whatever to find a file, say 6 levels deep
>  that is <= 9 days old?   i'm looking fo something i had to jt down
>  [[ASCII]].  can't remembr te file name, nor when i was when i had
>  the idea flash into my mind....

Try something like:

find / -type f -mtime -10d -mindepth 5 -maxdepth 7

See find(1) for variations.

b.