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==Control Descend Depth== | ==Control Descend Depth== | ||
The upper and lower limit of the descend depth can be controlled with -mindepth and -maxdepth, as follows: | |||
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find . -mindepth n | |||
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Configure find to apply tests and action at levels equal or deeper than n. -mindepth 1 processes all but the command line arguments. | |||
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Revision as of 03:53, 16 December 2016
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find . -iname ...
Control Descend Depth
The upper and lower limit of the descend depth can be controlled with -mindepth and -maxdepth, as follows:
find . -mindepth n
Configure find to apply tests and action at levels equal or deeper than n. -mindepth 1 processes all but the command line arguments.
find . -maxdepth n
Configure find to descend at most n directory levels below the command line arguments. -maxdepth 0 limits the whole search to the command line arguments.
Time Constraints
Find all files modified less that 2 days ago
find . -mtime -2