Get the list of files for a given date

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Hi,

the command "ls -l" gives the list of files of a directory with details such as date and size.
Is there a way to restrict this list to see only files created on a given date? Suppose I want to list only the files created today, what is the command to type?

Thanks

2

take a look at the find command; often used when you want to do something next - like delete all temp log files from yesterday.

this can give you a listing of files for a specific day

>stat -c "%y|%n" * | grep "^2008-07-02"

this will sort your listing

>ls -ltr

take a look at the man pages for each of these to find more about spcific detailed usage.

3

How abt this?

ls -ltr | grep '12 Jul'

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This is the unix way to do it: