Give this a go:
find . -mtime -1
Grep but ignore subversion folders
Give this a go:
find . -not -iwholename '*.svn*' | egrep -i "(java|jsp)" | xargs grep -i "find-something" | more
Searching for files
Use the attached Perl script in conjunction with the following example bash command:
for i in `perl findfiles.pl /home/jboss1/workspace_maven/hal-parent/hal-web/ .jsp`; do grep -il 'look for something' $i; done
findfiles.pl (txt)