grep files based on time stamp

Question

This should be pretty simple, but I am not figuring it out. I have a large code base more than 4GB under Linux. A few header files and xml files are generated during build (usin

Answer 1

You could use the find command:

find . -mtime 0 -type f

prints a list of all files (-type f) in and below the current directory (.) that were modified in the last 24 hours (-mtime 0, 1 would be 48h, 2 would be 72h, ...). Try

grep "pattern" $(find . -mtime 0 -type f)