find . -type f -ctime 5 finds files in the current directory who's creation time is 5 days ago.
see "man find" there is also -atime which is access time, not necessarily changed (ctime). --- Terry Vaughn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. Can someone fwd me a snibbet of code to > identify all files within a specified unix directory > with a specific create date so that only those files > are opened and operated on. Thanks. > > Terry > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs