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find every file updated by a command

  • Writer: Zach Pfeffer
    Zach Pfeffer
  • May 28, 2018
  • 1 min read

The post lists a way to find every file that gets updated by a command.

To find every file use a "start" file and find's -cnewer flag:

How this Works

touch start creates or updates a a file called start before each command. You can name your start file something other than start.

The rest of the command is documented @ find sort by date.

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