view all files edited on a particular day

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I want to know if there is a way in linux to view a list of files I have edited on a particular day. I know if I do ls -lt it will list folders and files by last modified but I want to see a list of files in subfolders etc and ls -lt only works for the current folder I am in (not files in subfolders).I know on windows explorer for example you can search for file by date modified so I presume there would be something similar in linux but can't see how to do this?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/848293/shell-script-get-all-files-modified-after-date — Jayan, Dec 12 '12 at 11:38

Sibi · Answer 1 · 2012-12-12T11:50:45.773

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This will go even into sub directory:

ls -lRt

For excluding any particular directory, use this:

ls | tee | grep -Fxv "folder_name" | xargs ls -lRt

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answered Dec 12 '12 at 11:37

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this is what I am after thanks. can you add something on the end to exclude a particular folder from this list? – ak85 Dec 12 '12 at 11:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '12 at 11:45

Here is a small example, This may help you.

ls -lRc | grep "Nov 28"

Small description

-l Shows you huge amounts of information (permissions, owners, size, and when last modified.
-R  Includes the contents of subdirectories.
-c  Use time of last modification of the i-node (file created, mode changed, and so forth) for sorting (-t) or printing (-l or -n).

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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You should able to use find with -mtime.

find |path to directory| -mtime -1 -print

Actually Shell Script — Get all files modified after <date> has all the answers.

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answered Dec 12 '12 at 11:37

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view all files edited on a particular day

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