list the file created before 24 hours using ls command

Shell Programming and Scripting
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I want to list the files created before past 24 hours using ls command.

please help me on this

2

Don't think you can using ls

Look at using find with the -ctime switch

It would be something like

find <dir> -ctime n -exec ls -l {} \;

the n refers to files whoses status has changed n x 24 hours ago

3

With zsh:

ls *(mh+24)

Where "files" = plain files, dotfiles, dirs, special files etc.

4

Hi,

I am using the remote UNIX server, i have used "rm" command in my unix bin promt, all files are deleted from the bin folder, So, Now i want to rollback the deleted files in my UNIX server. how can it possible?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Siva.P
Bangalore
India.

5

you can do that with find command

find . -type d ! -name '.' -prune -o -type f -mtime +1 -print

6

Can you please explain the above command - what each attribute will do?

With Regards
Dileep Pattayath

7

Yeah Sure...

find . -type d ! -name '.' -prune -o -type f -mtime +1 -print

As you know, find command will start from the directory u have mentioned and will descend into the subdirectories..

What I assumed from the question was.. i should display all the files in the current directory that are created before a day...

the first attribute list

-type d ! -name '.' -prune

if the type is a direcorty ('d' ) and if it is not current ('.') then do not descend into it...

-o or option

-mtime +1

modification time more than a day or more than 24 hours..

you can also use -ctime if u wanna keep track of inode changes as well...

-print - will print the file name

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Ok.fine.Thank you