[OT]: Ho wto find files created on a specific date

[Todd Denniston]

Craig White wrote, On 04/02/2008 10:49 AM:
> On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 10:40 -0400, Todd Denniston wrote:
> 
>> cd /tmp
>> touch --date="March 20" test20
>> touch --date="March 21" test21
>> find /opt/html/ -type f -newer test20 > list1
>> find /opt/html/ -type f -newer test21 > list2
> ----
> nice...this is very elegant
> 
> I need to file this away somewhere that I actually have a chance to find
> this when I need it.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Craig
> 

and after seeing Mr. Haney's message I looked at the find man page a bit...

find /opt/html/ -type f -newer test20 -not -newer test21

same list as I got from the diff |grep, but without the need to sed, and it 
_probably_ could be carefully combined with the -exec option of find to do the rm.

Open Source Scripting on the Fedora list.:)

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter