On Jun 9, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Rajeev R. Veedu wrote: > Does anyone aware of any utility to copy files which are created > or modify form a specific date ?. > to copy all files in /dir1 modified within the last 5 days to /dir2: $ find /dir1 -mtime -5 | xargs -I {} cp {} /dir2 if the filenames have whitespace in them, you can use this trick: $ find /dir1 -mtime -5 -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} cp {} /dir2 for more details on selecting by time: $ man find pay particular attention to the options -atime, -amin, -ctime, -cmin, -mtime, -mmin, and -daystart. -steve -- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v