If you are staring at a lot of files like logs, and trying to look at only stuff that’s changed lately, it can be helpful to filter them out first. One such way is with the find command. Eg, to to list files modified in the last 24 hours:
find . -mtime -1 -print
The find command here uses the mtime option to list files modified in the las 24 hours. The mtime parm is a 24 hour multipler. Eg, to list files modified in the last 72 hours:
find . -mtime -3 -print