searching files datewise and sizewise in a particular file system

[Shivkumar]

Dear Sirs,

I am using the below commands to find the files generated after 15th jan 2006.

$ touch -amt 01150001 /tmp/jasmine
$ find /opt/bea -type f -newer /tmp/jasmine -exec ls -l {} \;

Now suppose i want to know the files having size more than 25MB or 1.5 GB then how do i include in the above command ?

Thanks,
Shiv

[Pete Randall]

Something like this:

find /opt/bea -type f -newer /tmp/jasmine -size +25000c -exec ls -l {} \;


Pete

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

Close Pete, but you are a factor of 1024 off. The size in find, when using '-size +1234c', is in bytes.

So 25MB would be:

find /opt/bea -type f -newer /tmp/jasmine -size +25000000c -exec ls -l {} \;

For 1.5GB:

find /opt/bea -type f -newer /tmp/jasmine -size +1500000000c -exec ls -l {} \;

[Pete Randall]

Thanks, Patrick. I looked at that three times before I submitted and I still couldn't decide if I was right or not.


Pete

[Raj D.]

Shiv ,

for size use "-size +25000000c " parameter with find command , i.e 25MB.


+25000000c = 25+6(zero) Byte = 25 Mega Byte.


Cheers,
Raj.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Shiv:

If you want to count in blocks (1-block = 512 characters) drop the "c" from the size specification.

See the manpages for 'find'. The specification of a numeric argument to options like '-size' can be positive (more than); negative (less than) or equal (unsigned).

You can also add boolean logic with '-a' and/or '-o'. Parentheses need to be escaped. Thus we could write:

# find /opt/bea -type f -newer /tmp/jasmine -a \( -size +25000000c -a -size -15000000000c \) -exec ls -l {} \;

Regards!

...JRF...

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Shiv,

Specifying -size with find will be helpful to you.

# find /opt/bea -type f -newer /tmp/jasmine -size 25000 -exec ls -l {} \;

-Arun

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi shiv,

you may also wish to redirect the output to a file for easy review after the execution of the command.

... -exec ls -l {} >> /tmp/mylog.log \;

helpful in cases where you have many files

hope this helps!

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Senthil Prabu.S_1]

Hi shiva,
use the switch "size" along with the find command.

ex:
$DIR=/opt/bea
find $DIR -type f -newer /tmp/jasmine -size 25000 | xargs ls -lrt