This post will help you to find recently modified files in Linux via the command line.
The find command works with, defining duration in Minutes or Days. The minutes are defined with -mmin and the day’s value can be defined with -mtime
You can also define the search criteria to find files modified within or before the specified duration. For example, to search files modified before, use “+” (positive) with duration (eg: +1, +24 etc). To search files modified within duration use “-” (negative) sign with duration value (eg: -1, -24) etc.
Modified within 10 Minutes:- Search all files modified within 10 minutes in the current directory. Use -mmin -10 means the files last modified for less than 10 minutes.
$ find . -type f -mmin -10
Modified within 2 Hours:- Find all files modified within 2 hours in the current directory. Use -mmin -120 means the files last modified less than 120 minutes ie equal to 2 hours.
$ find . -type f -mmin -120
Modified within 1 day:- Search all files modified within 24 hours in the current directory. To define range in days use -mtime. For example -mtime -1 means the files were last modified less than 24 hours ago.
$ find . -type f -mtime -1
Modified older than 10 Minutes:- Search all files modified before 10 minutes in the current directory. Use -mmin +10 option, which means finding all files modified more than 10 minutes ago.
$ find . -type f -mmin +10
Modified older than 2 Hours:- Find all files modified before 2 hours in the current directory. Use -mmin +120 options to search files modified older than 120 minutes (ie 2 hours).
$ find . -type f -mmin +120
Modified older than 1 day:- Search all files modified more than 24 hours ago in the current directory. You can use -mtime option to define duration in days. For example -mtime +1 means find all files modified before 24 hours.
$ find . -type f -mtime +1