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--- pages:howtos:linuxunix:how_to_find_stuff [2023/01/07 13:49] – rokkitlawnchair
+++ pages:howtos:linuxunix:how_to_find_stuff [2023/03/08 16:31] (current) – [Find files newer than...] mischerh
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---parents is copying the directory structure, so you should get rid of that.
+''<nowiki>--parents</nowiki>'' is copying the directory structure, so you should get rid of that.
 The way you've written this, the find executes, and the output is put onto the command line such that cp can't distinguish between the spaces separating the filenames, and the spaces within the filename. It's better to do something like
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 <WRAP center round tip 60%>
-Bash 4.0+ and ksh93 also supports **. For bash, use shopt -s globstar to enable it. For ksh, it's set -G or set -o globstar
+Bash 4.0+ and ksh93 also supports <nowiki>**.</nowiki> For bash, use shopt -s globstar to enable it. For ksh, it's set -G or set -o globstar
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 works as expected.
+===== Find files newer than... =====
+Thanks to liberanet - pablos - #kde =)
+> I use the following technique to find files:  1) cd 2) touch than_me 3) find . -newer than_me 4) "do the thing that needs doing" 5) repeat 3 and look for affected files.
+<sxh bash; gutter: false>
+cd && touch than_me
+</sxh>
+do whatever has to be done
+<sxh bash; gutter: false>
+find . -mount -newer than_me
+</sxh>