Find files in a directory which are older than 2 hrs

sparks · March 21, 2009, 1:22am

hi all,

I need to find files in a directory which are older than N hrs...
n can be 1,2,3,.. etc
when tried using -mtime option it gives all the files in the last 24hrs from the current time .

please help me out on this ..

thanks

amitranjansahu · March 21, 2009, 4:10am

you can specify in minute .here i have specified for 1 hr / 60 mins

find /mydirectory/ -mmin +60

sparks · March 21, 2009, 4:17am

when i tried executing the command it is returning an error saying "bad option"
find: bad option -mmin

amitranjansahu · March 21, 2009, 4:21am

which unix ur using?

u can try amin instead of mmin , or try cmin

sparks · March 21, 2009, 4:26am

am using SUNOS 5.8
still i did not get any result...

amitranjansahu · March 21, 2009, 4:35am

find $PATH -type f -mmin +60

sparks · March 21, 2009, 4:39am

still the same ..error
i think my OS does not support this option
when i checked in man of Find command i do not find this option anywhere...

amitranjansahu · March 21, 2009, 4:43am

ya it is possible that amin is not supported in sol8.Asi have executed it with sol 10 and it works ok

sparks · March 21, 2009, 4:47am

so..is there any way out to get the result...
when i try using find with -newer option i have to create a temp file each time at the end of the script.
will that be fine...
can the "newer: command used with "time" instead of "filename" pattern like this ???

find . -newer "00:00" | xargs ls -ld