08-01-2002
Peter's quote:
Quote:
If you then want to remove old files...
find /path/directory/ -mtime +29 -exec ls {} \;
I believe he meant -exec rm {} \; . When testing this, I always put the ls instead of rm.
Another thought (I can't test it - none of my servers have that many files in one directory) is that Peter's -exec ls
would give you a listing with no problem (it would not be ls -latr) but you
would be able to see all the files.
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