find -mtime +1 nor working

[Duffy_1]

Hi,

Am trying to display (and later delete) files from /var/tmp. The files I want to find are of the form o*.tmp
I am using this command:

find o*.tmp -mtime +1 -print

This command finds no matching files , yet there are files that meet the criteria. I am really interested in the files that are more than one day old.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 15:04 l0011623.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 06:31 l0011631.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 06:14 l0011651.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:50 l0011691.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 14:04 l0011852.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 22 11:33 l0011853.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:47 l0011873.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 22 11:48 l0011875.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:49 l0011877.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 22 10:25 l0011878.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:34 l0011879.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 06:49 l0011893.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 04:59 l0011894.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 14:34 l0011915.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 16:28 l0011918.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 15:34 l0011919.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 08:49 l0011921.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 15:04 o0011623.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 06:31 o0011631.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 06:14 o0011651.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:50 o0011691.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 14:04 o0011852.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 22 11:33 o0011853.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:47 o0011873.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 22 11:48 o0011875.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:49 o0011877.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 22 10:25 o0011878.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oradevl dba 0 Jan 24 08:34 o0011879.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 06:49 o0011893.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 04:59 o0011894.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 16:28 o0011918.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 22 15:34 o0011919.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 0 Jan 24 08:49 o0011921.tmp

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

The first thing to try is to be sure and quote your file name string and use correct find syntax.

Try this:

find /var/tmp -name "o*.tmp" -mtime +1 -print

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Duffy:

I think you mean:

# find . -name "o*.tmp" -mtime +1 -print

Thaqt is, add the '-name' and double quote the argument to it so that the shell does not interpret it too!

Regards!

...JRF...

[Duffy_1]

Ok,

I tried: find /var/tmp -name "o*.tmp" -mtime +1 -print but it stil finds no files.

[Yarek]

Hi,


What is the output of your command?

Please check date settings on your system.
What is the output of 'date' command?


rgds.
jaroslaw

[Peter Godron]

Hi Duffy,
and welcome to the forums !
Can you check you get something with:
ls -l o*.tmp

If not can you check with:
ls -lb *o*.tmp

The additional -b may reveal unprintable characters ( see "man ls" )

Please also read:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33 on how to reward any useful answers given to your questions.

[Duffy_1]

The date command yields:

# date
Wed Jan 24 09:37:38 EST 2007
/var/tmp # find . -name "o*.tmp" -mtime +1 -print

The find command yields no output. Does the fact that the files have 0 bytes have any significance?

Thanks

[spex]

Hello,

What does:
# find /var/tmp -name "o*.tmp" -print
(no '-mtime' primary) return?

PCS

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

Using '-mtime +1' means that the age must be more than 1 (integer truncated) days old. Based upon the data you show, you probably want to use:

# find . -type f -name "o*.tmp" -mtime +0 -print

In fact, I prefer to create my own reference point (file) and do:

# touch -mt 01230948 #...about 24-hours ago my time...
# find . -type f -name "o*.tmp*" ! -newer /tmp/myref

Regards!

...JRF...

[Duffy_1]

the command find . -type f -name "o*.tmp" -mtime +0 -print
worked. I did not realize the "truncated integer" part of the mtime command.

Thanks to all who took time out of their busy schedules to relpy.

[Duffy_1]

find . -type f -name "o*.tmp" -mtime +0 -print