If you need to test for a file’s existence, content size, and whether it was recently modified, the ‘find‘ utility can provide this functionality in a single call. One scenario for this usage might be the cached results from a remote service call (database, REST service, etc). If fetching these results was a relatively costly … Bash: testing if a file exists, has content, and is recently modified
Whether it is the most recent log file, image, or report – sometimes you will need to find the most recently modified file in a directory. The example below finds the latest file in the “/tmp” directory. import os import glob # get list of files that matches pattern pattern=”/tmp/*” files = list(filter(os.path.isfile, glob.glob(pattern))) # … Python: find the most recently modified file matching a pattern
Needing to find the most recently modified files in a directory is a pretty common need. Luckily the find utility has flags to easily explore a directory recursively and list recently modified files. If you want to find modified files within ‘N’ days ago from the current directory. # files within the last 24 hours … Bash: find most recently modified files
Finding the most recently modified files in a directory can be extremely beneficial when you have been making changes in files throughout the directory structure as part of a work effort, and now need to go back and pinpoint everything that was changed. This command will provide you the 10 most recently modified files, excluding … Bash: deep listing the most recently modified files in a directory