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Old 02-23-2007
matrixmadhan matrixmadhan is offline Forum Advisor  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by anbu23
Code:
IFS=","
while read dir days
do
 if [[ $days -ge 7 ]]
 then
   echo $dir # rm -r $dir
 fi
done<file
Quote:
# rm -r $dir
I believe this would delete all the files and inclusive of subdirectories if there are any

and OP had requested only for deletion of files ( If am not wrong )

And moreover what about the case when days is less than 7 ?