So you can find your files in Linux by date
First, open the console by pressing the key combination [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [T] or type in the search bar "Terminal".
Linux makes a distinction between the time at which you access the file (access), their attributes change (change) or change the file yourself (modify). You can't search for it when you created the file.
- You go in the Terminal in the directory where the file is located.
- The General command is "find . -iname" .*File extension" -xtime xy".
- The dot after "find" says that Linux looks in the current directory or subdirectories. The Parameter "-iname "*.Extension" "restricts the selection depending on the file type. Are you looking for, for example, PDF-files, replace the extension by "*.pdf".
- Depending on what files you are looking for, enter either the-mtime, -atime or-ctime. The former finds only the files that have been changed to the specified point in time. The command is "-atime", sorted according to the time of the access, and "-ctime" from them the objects, their attributes, to change the date.
- The "x" in the General command, replace through a Plus or a Minus. You "+y type", returns you to the console the files that are older than y days. In the case of "-y", you get the files that were modified less than y days, where the Variable "y" describes the number of days.
- An example would be "find . -iname "*.txt" -mtime -30". In order to get all the text files that were modified less than 30 days ago.
You can find your files by date
Another practical tip explains how you can under Linux find large files.
