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Read-only, can be slow

Find the Newest Build Logs First

A CI job produced several logs and reports, and you need to quickly locate the most recent build output before reading everything.

Command

find artifacts logs -type f \( -name '*.log' -o -name '*.txt' \) -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %p\n' | sort -r | head

Before you run this

System impact: Read-only. Can create load on large logs, directories, filesystems, or process tables.

When not to use it: Do not use it as proof of failure cause; open the relevant log after locating it.

Expected output

A date-sorted list of recent .log and .txt files.

System impact

Read-only, can be slow. Nothing changes. The shell prints the newest matching log files first.

Scope this to the smallest useful path or service on busy systems.

Recovery / rollback: no state is changed.

When to use it

Use when a build leaves many logs and you need the most likely failure source.

When not to use it

Do not use it as proof of failure cause; open the relevant log after locating it.

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A restore drill starts by proving which backups actually exist.

BACKUP_ROOT=/srv/backups/site && find "$BACKUP_ROOT" -maxdepth 2 -type f -name MANIFEST.txt -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %h\n' | sort -r

Hosting Operations Can be slow

List Newest Build Artifacts

Confirm what your pipeline actually produced before you deploy it.

find artifacts/ -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %10s %p\n' | sort | tail -20

Hosting Operations Can be slow

Show Release Directory Ages

See your newest release directories without opening a dashboard.

find releases/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%T@ %TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %p\n' | sort -nr | head -10 | cut -d' ' -f2-

Hosting Operations Can be slow

Review Log Files Before Cleanup

Before truncating logs, prove which log files are large and how old they are.

find /var/log -xdev -type f -printf '%10s %TY-%Tm-%Td %p\n' 2>/dev/null | sort -nr | head -50

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List Newest Source Files Before Backup

Before trusting a backup, know which files changed most recently.

find source -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %p\n' | sort

Study mapping

Use this as independent command practice: read the notes, predict the output, then compare it with the example before using a real shell.

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