script to compare dates within a diven dir (incl. subdirs)

Question

I would like to write a bash script (or just use a command in the CLI) to

find all the instances within a given directory and its subdirectories for a given time period
copy those files into a given directory that i could pass as an argument

Thanks for any help... I'm a newbie to bash scripting. I'm migrating from one plat to another, so any help would be appreciated, even a link.

Dennis Williamson · Answer 1 · 2010-11-13 12:31:31Z

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find -newermt "mar 03, 2010 09:00" -not -newermt "mar 11, 2010" -exec cp {} destination \;

answered Nov 13 '10 at 12:31

	thanks a ton. i should add (for the archives) that it should be 'find . xxx' instead of without, since i wanted it to be recursive. very very much appreciated! – jml Nov 13 '10 at 13:12
	@jml: GNU `find` doesn't require an explicit start directory. It defaults to `.` and is recursive by default. – Dennis Williamson Nov 13 '10 at 15:50

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