Find files based on date/time

Shell

# ONE LINERS > Modified in the last 12 hours (720 min) find . -cmin -720 > Modified in the last day find . -mtime -1 # => ctime - for hacked/modified files # look for ctime instead, hacked scripts can't set that to what they want as opposed to mtime: find -cmin -$n_minutes_ago find -ctime -$n_days_ago ls -lc ## sorted by name ls -ltc ## sorted by time >> File OLDER THAN xx days: find . -type f -ctime +$n_days_ago >> Find files RESTORED older that xx days and MOVE them find . -type f -mtime +$n_days_ago | xargs -I '{}' mv {} /destination/path/

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# ONE LINERS     > Modified in the last 12 hours (720 min) find . -cmin -720   > Modified in the last day find . -mtime -1       # => ctime - for hacked/modified files # look for ctime instead, hacked scripts can't set that to what they want as opposed to mtime:   find -cmin -$n_minutes_ago find -ctime -$n_days_ago ls -lc   ## sorted by name ls -ltc   ## sorted by time     >> File OLDER THAN xx days: find . -type f -ctime +$n_days_ago   >> Find files RESTORED older that xx days and MOVE them find . -type f -mtime +$n_days_ago | xargs -I '{}' mv {} /destination/path/