Hi there, : I have read the man page for find, and googled, but I continue to : fail.
It isn't an easy thing to grok and master. Takes a while, but it is worth it. Thanks for asking. : I am looking for a file created no more than ten days ago that is : an .odt file. It is somewhere in ~/, but which folder I put it in : escapes me. I need this file urgently. : : The following command ought to work according to the man page: : : find -atime 10 /home/jjj/*.odt Try this: find /home/jjj/ -type f -ctime -10 -name '*.odt' -type f means only things that are real files -ctime -10 creation time (stat.ctime) 10 days ago or more recent -name '*.dot' fnmatch(3) style string match for filename I like find. -Martin _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug