Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > are you suggesting a syntax like.. > ls -l -newer > might produce results?
No, he's suggesting that there is no way to use the ls command to do what you want, and that you should use the find command INSTEAD OF LS to do your search. Everybody else makes much the same suggestion. > Thanks, > Kare > <who is trying to locate a file..without its exact name. > Oh how about > ls -l -newer *.txt > As a possibility? > > > > On Fri, 15 May 2026, David Christensen wrote: > > > On 5/15/26 20:46, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> Will aim to ask this simply enough. > >> is there an option for the ls command allowing you to set the > >> date window you are searching? > >> For example, list only the items added on a certain series of > >> days? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Kare > > > > > > See find(1) section "TESTS" and the various tests related to atime, > > ctime, and mtime (including -newer). > > > > > > David > > > >
