Find files in created between a date range

Question

I use AIX via telnet here at work, and I\'d like to know how to find files in a specific folder between a date range. For example: I want to find all files in folder X that were

Answer 1

List files between 2 dates

find . -type f -newermt "2019-01-01" ! -newermt "2019-05-01"

or

find path -type f -newermt "2019-01-01" ! -newermt "2019-05-01"

Answer 2

You can use the below to find what you need.

Find files older than a specific date/time:

find ~/ -mtime $(echo $(date +%s) - $(date +%s -d"Dec 31, 2009 23:59:59") | bc -l | awk '{print $1 / 86400}' | bc -l)

Or you can find files between two dates. First date more recent, last date, older. You can go down to the second, and you don't have to use mtime. You can use whatever you need.

find . -mtime $(date +%s -d"Aug 10, 2013 23:59:59") -mtime $(date +%s -d"Aug 1, 2013 23:59:59")

Answer 3

Try this:

find /var/tmp -mtime +2 -a -mtime -8 -ls

to find files older than 2 days but not older than 8 days.

Answer 4

Some good solutions on here. Wanted to share mine as well as it is short and simple.

I'm using find (GNU findutils) 4.5.11

$ find search/path/ -newermt 20130801 \! -newermt 20130831

Answer 5

Use stat to get the creation time. You can compare the time in the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS lexicographically.

This work on Linux with modification time, creation time is not supported. On AIX, the -c option might not be supported, but you should be able to get the information anyway, using grep if nothing else works.

#! /bin/bash
from='2013-08-01 00:00:00.0000000000' # 01-Aug-13
to='2013-08-31 23:59:59.9999999999'   # 31-Aug-13

for file in * ; do
    modified=$( stat -c%y "$file" )
    if [[ $from < $modified && $modified < $to ]] ; then
        echo "$file"
    fi
done

Answer 6

Explanation: Use unix command find with -ctime (creation time) flag

The find utility recursively descends the directory tree for each path listed, evaluating an expression (composed of the 'primaries' and 'operands') in terms of each file in the tree.

Solution: According to documenation

-ctime n[smhdw]
             If no units are specified, this primary evaluates to true if the difference
             between the time of last change of file status information and the time find
             was started, rounded up to the next full 24-hour period, is n 24-hour peri-
             ods.

             If units are specified, this primary evaluates to true if the difference
             between the time of last change of file status information and the time find
             was started is exactly n units.  Please refer to the -atime primary descrip-
             tion for information on supported time units.

Formula: find <path> -ctime +[number][timeMeasurement] -ctime -[number][timeMeasurment]

Examples:

1.Find everything that were created after 1 week ago ago and before 2 weeks ago

find / -ctime +1w -ctime -2w

2.Find all javascript files (.js) in current directory that were created between 1 day ago to 3 days ago

find . -name "*\.js" -type f -ctime +1d -ctime -3d