Getting all files which have changed in specific time range

Question

A very basic question in Bash but I can\'t seem to figure it out. I\'m looking for a one liner command with pipe, in bash which finds in the current directory all the *.py files

Answer 1

Use find:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.py' -newermt "13:14:59.999" \! -newermt "13:30"

Remove 1 millisecond from the lower bound time 13:15 so it includes 13:15:00 modification time.

find parameters breakdown:

• .: current directory
• -maxdepth 1: do not descend sub-directories
• -type f: real files (no links or directories or pipes or devices...)
• -name '*.py': whose names match the pattern *.py
• -newermt "13:14:59.999": whose modification time is after 13:14:59.999
• \! -newermt "13:30": and whose modification time is not after 13:30