How to find recent created/modified files on Linux

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How to find recent created/modified files on Linux

To find any file in /path/to/folder that was created within the last 10 minutes 

 

# find /path/to/folder -type f -cmin -10
 

To find any file in /path/to/folder that was modified within the last 10 minutes 

 

# find /path/to/folder -type f -mmin -10

 

It is possible to change "-10" -> "+10" to search for files older than the given time