Exploration of the Find command under Linux

In the Linux graphical interface, we can easily view a file or directory to see the last modified time and access time.

Unfortunately, on Linux or Unix-like operating systems, the creation date of the file was not saved for us.

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But the fundamental, graphical operation will be converted to the corresponding command to execute.

Under the Linux terminal, how do we view the information of a file or directory through a shell command?

Here we use the Find command, here is the use and description of the Find command:

usage: find. {-atime/-ctime/-mtime/-amin/-cmin/-mmin} [-/+]num

Parametric analysis:

1. The first parameter ".", which represents the current directory, if it is a different directory, you can enter the absolute directory and relative directory location;

2. The second parameter is divided into two parts, the preceding letter A, C, M is the operation type, the following time is the date, Min is the minute (note only time, Min as the unit);

3. The third parameter is the amount, in which the unsigned representation conforms to that number , with the band-indicating that the number of the following is met, with a + to indicate compliance with the number of previous .

Parameter description:

Atime: Access time, refers to the time at which the file was last read, and the Access command regrets updating to the current time;

CTime: Change time, refers to the last time the file itself was changed, the change action can make chmod, CHGRP, MV and so on;

Mtime: Modified time (Modify times), refers to the file content is modified at the last time, modify the action can make echo redirect, vi and so on;

Take file as an example:

Before any action is done:

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After access using the Cat command:

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When modified with the echo command:

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Examples of find-atime use:

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Exploration of the Find command under Linux