Question

I want to know if there is a way in linux to view a list of files I have edited on a particular day. I know if I do ls -lt it will list folders and files by last modified but I want to see a list of files in subfolders etc and ls -lt only works for the current folder I am in (not files in subfolders).I know on windows explorer for example you can search for file by date modified so I presume there would be something similar in linux but can’t see how to do this?

Answer 1

Here is a small example, This may help you.

ls -lRc | grep "Nov 28"

Small description

-l Shows you huge amounts of information (permissions, owners, size, and when last modified.
-R  Includes the contents of subdirectories.
-c  Use time of last modification of the i-node (file created, mode changed, and so forth) for sorting (-t) or printing (-l or -n).