Comments on: Display Last 100 Changed Files

By: Syahid A.

Syahid A. — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:47:21 +0000

Lol! Linux or Windows, as long as it does something nice, I don’t have a problem with that. Thanks for the nice tool, Martin!

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:39:24 +0000

It turns out the the standard KDE file manager also has search capability. I can’t limit it to exactly 100 files, but I can search for all files changed in the past x hours/days/weeks/months or lots of other criteria. It actually looks like a lot of development went into it, and it is rather intuitive. Thanks for leading me to be introduced to this! What _doesn’t_ KDE already have built in?!?

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:58:49 +0000

@Thinker:
You are not being offensive, you are being helpful. I don’t have a Windows computer around to check, but I will try what you mention when I get to the university tomorrow. In any case, if Windows has this feature built in, then why does the software that is the subject of this article even exist?

By: McColley.net » Blog Archive » Last Changed Files Finds the Document You Just Lost [Downloads]

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:29:40 +0000

[...] If you’d rather accomplish the same thing without using a separate piece of software, I’ve previously written an article about how to view the last modified files in Windows Vista, which can then be saved to a search folder for future re-use. Last Changed Files is a free download for Windows only. Last Changed Files [via gHacks] [...]

By: Thinker

Thinker — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:45:10 +0000

@Dotan:
This is the difference between Linux and Windows, that in Windows you don’t need to search it at Google, you just have to open find dialog from start menu and search for it.
I don’t want to be offensive, but whole operation can be done with mouse in Windows, w/o any manual. Just choose find from start menu, then select “modified after yesterday” (to prevent listing 100.000 files) and that’s all. Maybe another click will be needed to sort files with modify date, but in Vista it’s not needed.

By: Dotan Cohen

Dotan Cohen — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:37:28 +0000

@Thinker:
Lets assume that one wants to find the last changed files in Windows. How does he does he do it? In what forums or mailing lists can he ask how? Why can’t I find it by googling?

The difference is that in Linux one can easily find out how to do these things either by searching the web, or by asking on an official mailing list. In Windows one needs an MCSE certification course to learn how to do simple things like this.

By: Guarda i File Modificati con Last Changed Files | Tip and Tricks di Computer

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:11:50 +0000

[...] Via gHacks [...]

By: RG

RG — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:08:06 +0000

Thanx Martin. This is not meant as a troll or anything like that but using a program like Locate and choosing ‘Files newer than’ does a decent job as well.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:50:56 +0000

To be frank, it is always the same ;)

By: Thinker

Thinker — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:46:45 +0000

What is Linux:
Of course, every single Windows has it too. But it’s not convenient like such little program.

Since gHacks Linux category was created, more Linux trolls came here :(

By: What is Linux?

What is Linux? — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:27:45 +0000

Of course, every single Linux distribution has this functionality _built_in_. Use the find command.