Frequent Question: How Use Mtime Command in Linux?

What is Mtime command in Linux?

The second argument, -mtime, is used to specify the number of days old that the file is. If you enter +5, it will find files older than 5 days. The third argument, -exec, allows you to pass in a command such as rm.

What is Mtime in Find command?

as you probably know from the atime, ctime and mtime post, the mtime is a file property confirming the last time the file was modified. find uses mtime option to identify files based on when they were modified.