Find and store files based on FileName and Modified Time

edisonantus · February 19, 2008, 2:34am

Hi,

I am currently using the following command:
files=(ls enuCPU??.????.exp ntuCPU??.????.exp)

I need to now change the commmand to store the file names of files that have been modified before datetime equal to say '02/16/2008 20:30:00'

What could I use?

fpmurphy · February 19, 2008, 3:43am

Using the touch command you can create a file with a specific date/time. You can then use the find command with the -newer option to find the files you want. i.e. find ./ ! -newer touchfile -print

sb008 · February 19, 2008, 1:25pm

To be complete:

find . ! -newer touchfile -name enuCPU\?\?.\?\?\?\?.exp -o -name ntuCPU\?\?.\?\?\?\?.exp -print

Wildcards need to be escaped to avoid interpretation by the shell.