script for remove file time basis

[Francesco_13]

Hi,
I need a script in Ksh for remove only the old files; for example the files with more then 4 weeks.
Thank

[Pete Randall]

find /dirname -type f -mtime +28 -exec rm {} \;


Pete

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

locate the files
# find /dir -mtime +28 -exec ls -l {} \;

# find /dir -mtime +28 -exec rm {} \;
remove the files.

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[RAC_1]

Check man page of find. -mtime option.

find /dir_wher_files_reside -mtime +28 -exec rm {} \;

[Francesco_13]

Ok...Thank
Ciao a tutti!

[I.Delic]

Hi francesco,

For the first time i should use option -OK

find . -mtime +28 -ok rm {} ';'

Then you can see witch file you just removed.

Succes

Idriz

[Jordan Bean]

HP's find has a builtin xargs feature to avoid spawning rm for each file:

find /dir -type f -mtime +28 -exec rm -f \+

The result is similar to:

find /dir -type f -mtime +28 | xargs rm -f

I don't believe -ok works this way, but you can acheive that in this way:

find /dir -type f -mtime +28 | xargs rm -i

[Francesco_13]

thanks