Need help with the find command

[liinuxn00b]

I've got 2 problems:

1. How can I use the find command to search for devices files?
2. I need to find all files that are 6 months (or more) old and that have a size of 2 Mo or more. What would the code look like?

Oh and also, how can I use the cat command to insert text in a file?

Thanks for the help.

[liinuxn00b]

Oh! Nevermind the cat command question. I've found how to do it.

[Telemachus]

What do you mean by device files?

Finding an item by creation time is tricky (strictly speaking, impossible, I think - see this link: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/p ... ion-1.html).

However, something like this should get you into the ballpark:

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find $HOME -size +2M -ctime +180

Substitute $HOME with whatever directory name you want to search in (e.g., /usr/share/foobar).