find command numeric arguments

Numeric arguments can be specified as:

+n for greater than n.

-n for less than n.

n for exactly n.

-amin n

File was last accessed n minutes ago.

-anewer file

File was last accessed more recently than file was modified. If file is a symbolic link and the -H option or the -L option is in effect, the access time of the file it points to is always used.

-atime n

File was last accessed n*24 hours ago. When find figures out how many 24-hour periods ago the file was last accessed, any fractional part is ignored, so to match -atime +1, a file has to have been accessed at least two days ago.

-cmin n

File’s status was last changed n minutes ago.

-cnewer file

File’s status was last changed more recently than file was modified.

-ctime n

File’s status was last changed n*24 hours ago. See the comments for -atime to understand how rounding affects the interpretation of file status change times.

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