Find all files and folder have been changed or created in last 24 hours

Question

I have modified some files present in various folders in my ftp server. This was development environment. Now I have to find all files and directories modified or created yesterday to migrate to productions.

Is there any way (Linux command) to list only those files and folders created or modified yesterday in my ftp root tree?

I want the command to return such address:

ftp://myfto.co/Virtual/YouWave
ftp://myfto.co/Virtual/YouWave/1.txt
ftp://myfto.co/Virtual/YouWave/2
ftp://myfto.co/Virtual/YouWave/2/readme.txt
ftp://myfto.co/Virtual/YouWave/2/install.exe
ftp://myfto.co/Android/Sample
ftp://myfto.co/Java/Sample2

Answer 1

To find files and directories which have been modified in the last 24 hours:

find path -daystart -mtime -1

The option -mtime uses the modified date. To look at the created date, use -ctime.

Answer 2

To find files and directories modified OR created in the last 24 hours:

find . \( -mtime -1 -or -ctime -1 \) -ls

This solution uses the "or" operator to combine mtime and ctime results inclusively. The \( and \) are the brackets, escaped with \ to group the OR components together. I added the -ls option to then list out those files so you could see the timestamp information