Find files recursively by date range ?

[Mark A. Smith]

What is the command to search my directory and subdirectors recursively to find files by date range, in this case 01/01/00 thru 12/31/05 ?

[Coolmar]

I found this....try it out, it may work for you:

olddate="200407010001"
newdat="200407312359"
touch -t $olddate ./tmpoldfile
touch -t $newdat ./tmpnewfile
find /path/to/directory -type f -newer a ./tmpoldfile ! -newer a ./tmpnewfile

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi Mark:

Since the Forum has been out-to-lunch the past hour or so, it's taken until now to post this.

# touch -amt 200001010000 /tmp/ref1
# touch -amt 200512312359 /tmp/ref2

# find /path -xdev -type f -newer /tmp/ref1 -a ! -newer /tmp/ref2

The 'touch' creates two boundries for a search based on a file's 'mtime' (modification timestamp).

The 'find' searches the '/path' you choose; does not cross mountpoints ('-xdev'); and returns *files* but not directories, pipes, sockets, etc.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Mark A. Smith]

the last response from J. Ferguson was more clear and answered my question, closing thread now.