reading files for specific dates

Shell Programming and Scripting
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assume files are in a directory

/data

$ ls -ltr
Just displaying Data and file name:
01/01/2004 file_3434_typea.dat
01/01/2004 file_3423_typea.dat
01/01/2004 file_3436_typea.dat
01/01/2004 file_3434_typeb.dat
01/01/2004 file_3423_typeb.dat
01/01/2004 file_3436_typeb.dat
01/02/2004 file_3423_typea.dat
01/02/2004 file_3434_typea.dat
01/02/2004 file_3423_typea.dat

inside the file it just has the counts (a log file)

how do i look for files for a particuler date (01/01/2004) and files of type (file-*typea) etc.

thanks for any help

2

i am new to unix, will this command be okay.

find /data . -name 'filename*' -mtime -1

3

man find :confused:

4 
find /data . -name 'filename*' -mtime -1

Change the minus one to a value that goes back 188(?) days to January 2.