How to copy files except today date?

Question

I'm new to using Ubuntu server.

How can I copy all files except today's date from a directory to s3 bucket? Again, I only want to copy files which are dated "up to yesterday".

Answer 1

You can use the find command with exec.

This can help you find files modified before a specific date:

find . ! -newermt 2018-11-01

The resulta is a list. If you wanna copy, then you can use this:

find . ! -newermt 2018-11-01 -type f -exec cp '{}' /path/to/send/ \;

More info about find command here