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Old 06-30-2006
Need to find created date of file in UNIX
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I need to write a script which has to list all the files which are created before six months from now.

kindly help on this ...
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Old 06-30-2006
UNIX does not have a created date. What you want is the last time the file was modified - that date. Using 180 days for six months (you can adjust the number)

Code:
find /path/to/directory  -mtime +180

lists all of the files older than six months.
Code:
find /path/to/directory  -mtime +180 -exec ls -l {} \;

gives a long directory listing... so you can verify dates.
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Old 07-04-2006
How to delete the files
How can I delete these files once i get from this find command.

kindly assist please.. this is an urgent issue
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Old 07-04-2006
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Originally Posted by vijay.amirthraj
How can I delete these files once i get from this find command.

kindly assist please.. this is an urgent issue
for any 'urgent' issue try to understand a given hint, browsE the relative 'man' pages' for further help and come back with specific questions.
Last edited by vgersh99; 07-04-2006 at 08:53 PM..
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Old 07-05-2006
You can remove file in a similar way mcnamara suggested.

find /path/to/directory -mtime +180 -exec rm {} \;

remember here it is necessary to give semicolon and has to be preceded by \ to take away its special meaning.here {} indicate that searched files would become arguments for rm.
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Old 07-05-2006
Code:
find /path/to/directory  -mtime +180 -exec rm -f {} \;

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Old 07-05-2006
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Originally Posted by amirthraj_12
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I need to write a script which has to list all the files which are created before six months from now.

kindly help on this ...
Use ctime instead of atime. I'm also assuming that you meant "created more than six months ago," because everything was created before six months from now."

find . -ctime +180
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