Searching for files over 30 days old in current directory

cxredd4 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-31-2003

May be a simple question for experts here....

I need to get the list of files older than 30 days in the current folder. I tried "find", but it searches recursively in all the sub directories.

Can I restrict the recursive search and extract the files only from current directory ?

maverick · #2 (**permalink**) 10-31-2003

to find file in DIR
use
find $DIR -type f -atime +30 -print
hope it will suffice

oombera · #3 (**permalink**) 10-31-2003

See if this works:

find . -mtime +30 $ ! -name . -prune $

cxredd4 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-31-2003

Both the above scripts are digging down the sub directories. Any other altrenative ?

Ygor · #5 (**permalink**) 10-31-2003

Try....

Code:

find $PWD -type f -mtime +30 -print|grep -Ev "$PWD/.*/"

legato · #6 (**permalink**) 03-29-2006

hi for this command
find $PWD -type f -mtime +30 -print|grep -Ev "$PWD/.*/"

can i know the usage for E in grep -Ev
this produce error when i use it.
grep: illegal option -- E
Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .

Perderabo · #7 (**permalink**) 03-29-2006

You must have a very old grep. -E is required by posix. It allows extended regular expressions. You might have an egrep program that can do extended regular expressions.

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