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Find directories modified between two dates

find . -type d -newermt "2019-01-01" ! -newermt "2019-02-01" -exec ls -ld {} \;

May 20, 2019fenchu

Get the last modification date of a file in any format you want

date -r /etc/motd +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S

October 17, 2012bashoneliners