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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Deleting certain files over 30 days old Post 302090554 by Corona688 on Tuesday 26th of September 2006 11:25:32 AM
Old 09-26-2006
What I would do is have a list of files, maybye keep it in /etc/purge, formatted like this:

Code:
hac???_runnumber.lis

Then use a script like this:
Code:
#!/bin/sh

while read FILENAME
do
    rm -f /path/to/${FILENAME}
done < /etc/purge

This will not work if there is an enormous number of files, however.
 

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