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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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