Get all files modified in last 5 days in a directory with subdirectories

Task: Prepare list of files with path add created datetime;

Implementation use command in the linux or Mac OS:

find . -type f -mtime -5 -exec ls -l {} \; > last5days.txt

If you want to get list of all files modified last N days, change -mtime N parameter to yours N days.

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March 12, 2020 at 6:40 pm

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1. Alex says:
  
  March 12, 2020 at 7:13 pm
  
  Hello.
  
  Thanks for your comment.
  As a conclusion – you will have a list with files which have been modified last N days.
  
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