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Learn how to find and list down recently modified files in linux
Are you working with thousands of files? Do you forget the recently modified documents in Linux? but know where you have saved those files.? Then, this article is for you to identify and list down recently modified records in Linux.
Using Find Command
The following command is helpful to identify sorted files in the reverse order of update time-
$ find /etc -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TT %p
' | sort -r
The sample output should be like this –
2016-12-22 11:10:18.2928833250 /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf 2016-12-22 11:09:18.1987314780 /etc/cups/subscriptions.conf.O 2016-12-20 10:38:47.1524556320 /etc/init.d/.depend.stop 2016-12-20 10:38:47.1524556320 /etc/init.d/.depend.start 2016-12-20 10:38:47.1524556320 /etc/init.d/.depend.boot 2016-12-19 13:28:14.3963910250 /etc/ld.so.cache 2016-12-19 13:28:05.8242856890 /etc/mailcap 2016-12-19 13:24:12.4493955340 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rvm-ubuntu-smplayer-xenial.list 2016-12-19 13:24:12.4493955340 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 2016-12-19 13:24:12.4493955340 /etc/apt/sources.list 2016-12-19 13:24:12.4413954340 /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/rvm_ubuntu_smplayer.gpg .....................................................................................
If you want to find the changed files of specific period, use the following command-
$ find -cmin -5
The above command gives the result of the file status which was last changed in 5 minutes. The sample output should be like this –
./.config/google-chrome ./.config/google-chrome/Local State ./.config/google-chrome/Default ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Cookies ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Service Worker/ScriptCache/index-dir ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Service Worker/ScriptCache/index-dir/the-real-index ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Current Session ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Cookies-journal ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Extension State/000006.log ./.config/google-chrome/Default/History-journal ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage/chrome-extension_gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom_0.localstorage ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage/https_plus.google.com_0.localstorage-journal ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage/chrome-extension_gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom_0.localstorage-journal ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Storage/https_plus.google.com_0.localstorage ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Preferences ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Local Extension Settings/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom/000085.log ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage/LOG ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage/MANIFEST-000001 ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage/000471.log ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Session Storage/000472.ldb ./.config/google-chrome/Default/Extension Activity .........................................................................
Using ls command
Using this command, we can find the last changed files as shown below –
$ stat --printf="%y %n
" $(ls -tr $(find * -type f))
The sample output should be like this –
2010-03-03 01:16:33.000000000 +0530 lohit_te.ttf 2016-12-16 17:50:29.791969567 +0530 examples.desktop 2016-12-19 10:43:35.372620496 +0530 Pictures/flash.png 2016-12-19 10:59:25.275474607 +0530 Pictures/flash1.png 2016-12-19 11:27:20.234186900 +0530 httpstat.py 2016-12-19 12:32:39.819805672 +0530 Downloads/ttf-telugu-fonts_0.5.11ubuntu1_all.deb 2016-12-19 13:29:33.365359204 +0530 Pictures/smplayer.png 2016-12-19 13:53:39.907705833 +0530 Downloads/girl.jpg 2016-12-20 11:32:39.271477881 +0530 Downloads/200x200.jpg 2016-12-20 12:25:55.015482441 +0530 Downloads/hockey.jpg 2016-12-20 13:56:19.596432236 +0530 Downloads/flash-player-ubuntu.jpg 2016-12-20 14:40:41.191776867 +0530 Downloads/jabrdasth.jpg 2016-12-22 10:22:42.529763492 +0530 Videos/httpstat.py 2016-12-22 10:32:30.249527866 +0530 abc 2016-12-22 10:34:46.671286096 +0530 Music/httpstat.py 2016-12-22 10:34:46.675286130 +0530 Desktop/httpstat.py 2016-12-22 12:04:14.713113283 +0530 Downloads/SMPlayer.jpg 2016-12-22 12:05:19.310933827 +0530 Downloads/rsz_smplayer.jpg
To get the list of changed directories, use the following command –
$ ls -ltc
The sample output should be like this –
drwxr-xr-x 2 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 22 12:05 Downloads drwxr-xr-x 2 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 22 10:34 Desktop drwxr-xr-x 2 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 22 10:34 Music -rw-rw-r-- 1 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 0 Dec 22 10:32 abc drwxr-xr-x 2 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 22 10:22 Videos -rw-rw-r-- 1 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 155368 Dec 19 14:55 lohit_te.ttf drwxr-xr-x 3 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 19 13:29 Pictures -rw-rw-r-- 1 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 10577 Dec 19 11:27 httpstat.py drwxr-xr-x 2 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 16 19:03 Documents drwxr-xr-x 2 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 16 19:03 Public drwxr-xr-x 2 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 4096 Dec 16 19:03 Templates -rw-r--r-- 1 tutorialspoint tutorialspoint 8980 Dec 16 17:50 examples.desktop
Using with Python command
To get the list of recently modified files in Linux using with python, use the following command –
$ find . -type f -print |
> python -c 'import os, sys; times = {}
> for f in sys.stdin.readlines(): f = f[0:-1]; times[f] = os.stat(f).st_mtime
> for f in sorted(times.iterkeys(), key=lambda f:times[f]): print f'The sample output should be like this –
./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/28b4d5c73382c76e_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/47603dda53f4eff9_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/628cf2914597e226_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/6abab0fdc6e1b757_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/edc5a146f72fc62a_1 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/e21f7099ce14a183_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/954cd78918e0ef94_1 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/66966ca01a40cbea_1 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/e53fd0655371a5dd_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/e81e30e428358e80_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/787db5079efa9083_0 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/17340f80011e77a5_1 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/a82652595e2c24a1_1 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/3061c4bd90e582ca_1 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/5dc7329ed9c947e5_1 ./.cache/google-chrome/Default/Cache/54346d971accf6ee_1 ..............................................................................................
After this article, you will be able to learn how to Find and list down recently modified files in Linux.. In our next articles, we will come up with more Linux based tricks and tips. Keep reading!
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