Find files older than 5 days and remove tem after listing

ypatel6871 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-03-2005

need help with this ...

Find files older than 5 days and remove tem after listing

list "test" file older than 5 days and then remove them

98_1LE · #2 (**permalink**) 09-05-2005

I hope this isn't homework.

Code:

for FILE in `find /path/to/directory -mtime +5`
   do echo $FILE
   /bin/rm -f $FILE 2>/dev/null # Gets rid of directory or permission errors
done

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