The output is very long so I shortened it by grepping for txt
If I run find -mtime -5 and add the &, it just outputs to the screen.
Also, if I run find -mtime -5 >TestFile.txt it outputs to the screen.
If you run any of these commands on your system, does it run in the background or output...
Hello,
I am going through a Linux course and was asked to run the find command in the background and it should list all files that have changed in the last 5 days.
I am running the following command, but it ignores the & to background it -
find / -mtime -5 &
I am also trying to suspend the...
Hello, I am trying to find all files changed in the last 3 days as a background process using the following command - "find / -mtime -4 &" but it seems to ignore the &.
Can anyone tell me how to run the find command as a background process?
Any help is appreciated.
Thank you
Dan