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Using the find command

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http://www.unix.com – Hi all, 1). Is is possible to use the date builtin and subtract a literal e.g 1 day in bash alongwith the find command from the command line: e.g Code: find . -name --date %Y-%m-%d - 1 2). I want to search for files in the pwd but not search any subdirectories and exclude any hidden files or hidden directories : This is what I have so far but I am not sure how to return files but exclude the -type d in one statement: Code: find . -daystart \( ! -name . -prune -and ! -name ".*" \) -type f -mtime 2 -exec echo echo rm {} \; Many thanks for your help Modera (HowTos)

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Hello, I am using ksh93 (/usr/dt/bin/dtksh) on Solaris and am stuck when trying to use find with the -prune option.

I need to search a directory (supplied in a variable) for files matching a certain pattern, but ignore any sub-directories.

I have tried:

Code: find ${full_path_to_dir_to_search} -type f -name "*.dat" -print -o -type d -prune which produces no output.

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Introduction If you wan to find files or directories, that were last modified in the last n days or just today, it is really easy to do in Linux. How to find files last modifies today Use the find command to do this find -maxdepth 1 -type f -mtime 1

maxdepth: will tell find to only search in the current folder type: will tell find to only list files and not directories mtime: will tell find to on

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Code: find /tmp/*test* -user `whoami` -mtime +1 -type f -exec rm -f {}\; find /tmp/*test* -user `whoami` -mtime +1 -type f -exec ls -lrt {}\; the first one return correct which only delete those filename that consist *test* where second command it listed all the files inside the directory which including those filename that not *test*

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