Linux all files of folder modified yesterday

Question

I have modified some files present in various folders in my webroot. This was development environment. Now I have to find all files modified yesterday to migrate to productions.

Is there any way (Linux command) to list only those files modified yesterday in my webroot tree?

I thought you said you were looking for files modified yesterday? So why did you accept an answer that gives you the files modified today? — Paul Tomblin, May 24 '12 at 10:52

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered May 24 '12 at 02:14

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find ./ -mtime -1

Finds everything, what was modified in the current directory at the last 24 hours.

answered May 24 '12 at 02:14

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I don't think this answers the question. Question was about finding files modified yesterday, not in the last 24 hours. – Kuba Szymanowski Apr 23 '22 at 14:48

score 26 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 22 '16 at 01:41

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find . -daystart -mtime 1 -print

This gets just files modified YESTERDAY - ie: today is Jun 21, only files for Jun 20 are found.

(-mtime takes a '-', a '+', or an explicit number of exact days).

If you want a long listing, substitute

-exec ls -ld \;

for the

-print.

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answered Jun 21 '16 at 22:38

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This comment makes a lot of sense today. – site Jun 21 '19 at 15:11

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered May 24 '12 at 02:02

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find . -mtime +2 -prune -o -mtime +1 -print

This does a find but excludes anything that was modified more than two days ago, then finds anything that was modified more than one day ago.

answered May 24 '12 at 02:02

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Why not just use -mtime +1 ? – Ivailo Bardarov Sep 21 '17 at 13:13
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@IvailoBardarov because that finds everything that was modified 1 day OR MORE ago, and the question was about things that were modified 1 day ago. – Paul Tomblin Sep 21 '17 at 13:23
The prune makes this super fast. If you're working on a huge NFS this is the way to go – solbs Mar 19 '20 at 15:58

Linux all files of folder modified yesterday

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