Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 15:04:16 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ipv6canada.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Find a file with an unknown name Message-ID: <20100518140416.GA52037@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4BF1F84F.1000700@ipv6canada.com> References: <4BF1F84F.1000700@ipv6canada.com>
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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:15:43PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > > I want to find a file that was recently created. > > The content within the file is known, so I can grep for that. The > directory structure that contains the file is also known. The filename > is not known. > > What command string do I use to search a directory structure for a file, > when my search pattern only matches content and not filename? > > Steve To find files that I've recently created, I use the -Btime flag of find. E.g: find . -type f -Btime 1 find files created in the last 24 hours. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html
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