In Ubuntu, is it possible to obtain a list of all files on the filesystem that I have edited? I need some way to find all the files that I have modified or written (because these files tend to be the most important to me, and I need a way to identify them so that I won't accidentally delete them.)
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Using find
command you can list the files created/edited by a user.
find / -mtime -10 -type f -user userid -print
This will search all the files created/edited in last 10 days.
use sudo
if you are searching the files under /
file system and if it's only your home directory($HOME
) ignore sudo command.

devav2
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-user userid
is only for files that are owned by you, if you have edited a file that is owned by the system or another user, you won't find it. – Nanne Nov 15 '12 at 08:09/
file system. Sudo is just to suppress the warnings. – devav2 Nov 15 '12 at 09:45EnhanceIO
also show up on the list. – WinEunuuchs2Unix Nov 14 '16 at 00:16