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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
