How to view recent files from the command-line in ubuntu?

Here is  the example to find all files (-type f) in the current directory and all subdirectories accessed within last 30 minutes.

For files accessed less than 30 minutes ago:

find . -type f -amin -30

Let’s understand the command

• find

  search for files in a directory hierarchy

• .

  search in the current folder and all subfolders

• -type f

  search only fort files

• -amin 30

  File was last accessed 30 minutes ago.