UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm baffled..... the system I work on creates files every Mon-Friday
I'm trying to delete all files older than 30 days old from a Unix prompt, the command I'm using is:

find /directory/ -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;

however it returns /directory/filename: 644 mode ? (y/n) for every file! In most directories I have 50+ files.... But, if I log in (same userid) thru a FTP program and highlight all the files I want to delete it deletes them (the ftp program shows: DELETE file | RM file)

How can I delete multiple files from a Unix prompt without getting the '644 mode' response for everyfile? Thanks!!!

try using force option as below:

Code:

find /directory/ -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;

plus if you want to make sure you are only deleting files you should add the type option to your find:

Code:

find /directory/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;