On 7/28/11, b. f. <bf1...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> how can i use find or whatever to find a file, say 6 levels deep >> that is <= 9 days old? i'm looking fo something i had to jt down >> [[ASCII]]. can't remembr te file name, nor when i was when i had >> the idea flash into my mind.... > > Try something like: > > find / -type f -mtime -10d -mindepth 5 -maxdepth 7 > > See find(1) for variations.
Hmm. I'm not sure owing to the difference between the body and the subject of the message, what criteria are really wanted, but for the criteria in the subject you might use something like: find / -type f -mtime -10d -mtime +6d b. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"