Find a file with an unknown name

[Frank Shute]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:15:43PM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote:
>
> I want to find a file that was recently created.
> 
> The content within the file is known, so I can grep for that. The
> directory structure that contains the file is also known. The filename
> is not known.
> 
> What command string do I use to search a directory structure for a file,
> when my search pattern only matches content and not filename?
> 
> Steve

To find files that I've recently created, I use the -Btime flag of
find.

E.g:

find . -type f -Btime 1

find files created in the last 24 hours.


Regards,

-- 

 Frank

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