how to remove files with a date

justintime · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006

I have files with a date name ( 20060506 20060507 etc..) that i want to remove
because it keeps filling up the directory. Can someone please help me with a script to remove those date files. i would like to keep atleast 14 days worth from the current date. I hope i have explained it clearly and thanks

ranj@chn · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006

Use Perderabo's datecalc and see this post and you will get some idea on how to proceed.

Mike_the_Man · #3 (**permalink**) 06-12-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by justintime

I have files with a date name ( 20060506 20060507 etc..) that i want to remove
because it keeps filling up the directory. Can someone please help me with a script to remove those date files. i would like to keep atleast 14 days worth from the current date. I hope i have explained it clearly and thanks

Can you do it based upon modification time instead of filename?

The below will remove all files in <dir> that have not been modified in the past 14 days.

Code:

find <dir> -mtime +14 -exec rm -f {} \;

lweegp · #4 (**permalink**) 09-08-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike_the_Man

Can you do it based upon modification time instead of filename?

The below will remove all files in <dir> that have not been modified in the past 14 days.

Code:

find <dir> -mtime +14 -exec rm -f {} \;

will the below script of mine work this way?

#! /bin/sh

Today_Date=`date +%Y%m%d`
log=`/usr/TRS/HULFT/movedata.log`

mkdir /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date}

mv /usr/TRS/data/T* /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date} > ${log}

find /usr/TRS/backup/. -name 'T*' -mtime +1 -exec rm -fr {} \; > ${log}

Mike_the_Man · #5 (**permalink**) 09-08-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by lweegp

will the below script of mine work this way?

#! /bin/sh

Today_Date=`date +%Y%m%d`
log=`/usr/TRS/HULFT/movedata.log`

mkdir /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date}

mv /usr/TRS/data/T* /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date} > ${log}

find /usr/TRS/backup/. -name 'T*' -mtime +1 -exec rm -fr {} \; > ${log}

The setting of the log variable line will give you an error using the `.
The rest looks ok. I would change would be the redirects on your log files. If you want a new log file everyday, then you can rm the logfile at the beginning of your script. The find command will work. I changed the search path a little, but your version should work as well. Your script will probably leave a bunch of directories, /usr/TRS/backup/<date>, out there. I would include something to clean that up. See below for the changes.
I hope this helps.

Mike

Code:

#! /bin/sh

Today_Date=`date +%Y%m%d`
log="/usr/TRS/HULFT/movedata.log"

#If you want a new log file on each run
rm -f ${log}

mkdir /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date}

mv /usr/TRS/data/T* /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date} >> ${log} 2>> ${log}

find /usr/TRS/backup -name 'T*' -mtime +1 -exec rm -fr {} \; >> ${log} 2>> ${log}

lweegp · #6 (**permalink**) 09-10-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike_the_Man

The setting of the log variable line will give you an error using the `.
The rest looks ok. I would change would be the redirects on your log files. If you want a new log file everyday, then you can rm the logfile at the beginning of your script. The find command will work. I changed the search path a little, but your version should work as well. Your script will probably leave a bunch of directories, /usr/TRS/backup/<date>, out there. I would include something to clean that up. See below for the changes.
I hope this helps.

Mike

Code:

#! /bin/sh

Today_Date=`date +%Y%m%d`
log="/usr/TRS/HULFT/movedata.log"

#If you want a new log file on each run
rm -f ${log}

mkdir /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date}

mv /usr/TRS/data/T* /usr/TRS/backup/${Today_Date} >> ${log} 2>> ${log}

find /usr/TRS/backup -name 'T*' -mtime +1 -exec rm -fr {} \; >> ${log} 2>> ${log}

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the help. I think this shld work well. Many Thanks again =)

regards
wee

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