Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:21:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <questions@freebsd.org>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Subject: Re: Looking for files older than n number of days? Message-ID: <20050606101949.U86876@zoraida.natserv.net> In-Reply-To: <200506061401.j56E1gJ4019888@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <200506061401.j56E1gJ4019888@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> find . -mtime -5d -ls >> Shows correctly files modified less than 5 days old. > > in the wrong place - you can get all files in the system printed or none > rather than just what you want. Possibly the man page needs to be > updated to make the effect of parameter order clear. And that would probably be simpler too than changing the code too.
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