scripting problem

msbinu · #1 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

hI

I m very new to unix ,...
I m facing an issue

I have to search though a list of directorys, find all .gz files which are older than 7 days and delete that ,,,

Any one knows a single command to do this ..

Thnks in advance
BInu

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

Code:

while read dir 
do
     find $dir -name '*.gz' -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;
done < dirlistfile

You have to do this becuase find requires one path per command instance.

blowtorch · #3 (**permalink**) 12-07-2006

For a single command, how about this:

Code:

find <list of directories> -name \*.gz -mtime +6 -exec echo removing {} \; rm -f {} \;

I know that jim's post has -mtime +7, and I've got +6, but take a look at this thread, and read Perderabo's last post.

msbinu · #4 (**permalink**) 12-08-2006

thnaks a lot .. it worked

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