This works: find /home/example -mtime 2
This doesn't: find /home/example -mtime 2s
Read the man page but looks like I'm doing it right AFAICT.
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In GNU find manpage it says `-mtime n File's data was last modified n*24 hours ago.`. Why do you think you can use `s` suffix here? Is it supposed to mean *seconds*? – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Feb 27 '21 at 22:54
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Yeah, got my brain wires crossed. I'm trying to use this with rsync which allows the "s" suffix. – StevieD Feb 27 '21 at 22:55
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But rsync doesn't provide `-mtime` – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Feb 27 '21 at 22:56
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The --find-files options does. That's where I'm getting the error. – StevieD Feb 27 '21 at 22:56
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I have rsync 3.2.3 here and `man rsync` doesn't mention --find-files. – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Feb 27 '21 at 22:57
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I mean --files-from – StevieD Feb 27 '21 at 22:58
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Shit, now I'm confused. I know I saw this is a man page somewhere. Where the hell was it? – StevieD Feb 27 '21 at 22:59
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Ugh, dammit. Looked up `find` on my local mac instead of remote linux box. I'm a fuckwit. – StevieD Feb 27 '21 at 23:01
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1Indeed, `man find` on FreeBSD mentions `s second`. It's rare case in which BSD implementation has more option that its GNU equivalent. – Arkadiusz Drabczyk Feb 27 '21 at 23:03
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Alright, so now my question is how do I find a file on linux younger than 36 hours ago? -mtime seems to only handle whole numbers. – StevieD Feb 27 '21 at 23:06
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I guess I have to do -mmin – StevieD Feb 27 '21 at 23:07