From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 15:10:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E82C106566B for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:10:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com) Received: from mail.r-bonomi.com (mx-out.r-bonomi.com [204.87.227.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CB4E8FC14 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:10:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from bonomi@localhost) by mail.r-bonomi.com (8.14.4/rdb1) id p6SFAhpr001677; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:10:43 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:10:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi Message-Id: <201107281510.p6SFAhpr001677@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kline@thought.org In-Reply-To: <20110728070238.GA23035@thought.org> Cc: Subject: Re: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:10:44 -0000 > From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 28 02:03:19 2011 > Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:02:41 -0700 > From: Gary Kline > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Cc: > Subject: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old? > > guys, > > > 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.... > > sigh..... *SIGH* indeed. Have you ever considered READING* the manpage for the relevant tool _before_ asking the world about the blindingly obvious? RTFM is abaolutely appropriate here. *DO*IT*. see the '-B" primary. If the required math is beyond you, there are 1440 minutes in a day, andz. thus, 9 days is 12960 minutes.