Recent files in folder

To locate files modified less than 5 minutes ago

find -name 'filename'  -mmin -5

From the man page:

   -mmin n          File's data was last modified n minutes ago.   -mtime n          File's data was last modified n*24 hours ago.

-mmin is supported under most recent versions of GNU find.

linux unix file find logging

To find all files modified in the last 24 hours (last full day) in current directory and its sub-directories:

find . -mtime -1 -print

linux unix file find logging

In zsh:

ls *(mm-5)   # or 'mh' to detect stuff modified in the last 5 hours etc.

CodeHunter