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#
#   Module:         find_recent_large_files.sh
#   Author:         Peter R. Schmidt, PRS Technologies, Inc., http://www.prstech.com
#   Description:    find recently created large files
#
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# find recenty created large files 

rm -f find.out

echo
echo "Enter directory to search"
read DIRNAME

if [ ! -d $DIRNAME ]
then
	echo "Error: directory $DIRNAME does not exist"
	exit 1
fi

echo
echo "How large a file do you want to look for ? (in Kbytes)"
read SIZE

echo
echo "How many days since the file was created ?"
read DAYS

echo
echo "Searching..."

find $DIRNAME -type f -size +$SIZE -mtime -$DAYS -exec ls -ls {} \; | sort -n -r | tee find.out

echo
echo "Done"
echo
echo "Note: output in find.out"
echo