10-22-2008
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Originally Posted by
Sheethal
Hi,
I wanted to delete all the files under a directory "/apps/tmp/" which are two weeks older. But i should not delete the sub-directories and the contents of sub-directories.
I also have searched in forum and found the following command,
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find . \( ! -name . -prune \) -mtime +13 -print
can some one explain me the meaning of this statement. And also is this the correct way to find the files under a directory excluding the search in sub-directories? can someone please guide me on this.
The above statement displays the sub-directories. I dont want to display the sub-directory names.
Please help me on this.
Thanks in advance.
Try This,
find . -maxdepth 1 -name \*.log -mtime +13 -exec rm "{}" ;
This wil find the *.log files and delete files older than 13 days, to avoid searching the subdirectories use maxdepth option.
Regards
Bala
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VIDIR(1) VIDIR(1)
NAME
vidir - edit directory
SYNOPSIS
vidir [--verbose] [directory|file|-] ...
DESCRIPTION
vidir allows editing of the contents of a directory in a text editor. If no directory is specified, the current directory is edited.
When editing a directory, each item in the directory will appear on its own numbered line. These numbers are how vidir keeps track of what
items are changed. Delete lines to remove files from the directory, or edit filenames to rename files. You can also switch pairs of numbers
to swap filenames.
Note that if "-" is specified as the directory to edit, it reads a list of filenames from stdin and displays those for editing.
Alternatively, a list of files can be specified on the command line.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Verbosely display the actions taken by the program.
EXAMPLES
vidir
vidir *.jpeg
Typical uses.
find | vidir -
Edit subdirectory contents too. To delete subdirectories, delete all their contents and the subdirectory itself in the editor.
find -type f | vidir -
Edit all files under the current directory and subdirectories.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
EDITOR
Editor to use.
VISUAL
Also supported to determine what editor to use.
AUTHOR
Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Licensed under the GNU GPL.
moreutils 2010-04-28 VIDIR(1)