1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

find /oracle/sydf/arch -mtime +2 -name 'sydf*' -type f -exec rm -f {} \; this means after 48 hours remove the files..... i am not sure about the command type f -exec rm -f {} \; does it means, check for files, then execute it .. then what doesw the {} and \ and ; means ? (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to write a script to find files older than 2 hours in set of direcotries and list them ina mail. I know find command ti list files greater/lesser than days but i need to do it for hours. Any input. (6 Replies)

3. AIX

I need help to find files in a directory that are older than 2 hours. Any help would be great. (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Frens, I want to list some files from a directory, which contains "DONE" in their name, i am receiving files every minute. In this i want to list all the files which are newer than 6 hours but older than 3 hours, of current time i dont want my list to contain the latest files which are ... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need a script to find files older than 8 hours... I know i can use mmin but the same is not working...the same only support mtime... This is the script i created..but the same is only giving 1 hour old..as I have given dt_H as 1 only...but if i give 8..it can go in -(negative)..how to get the... (5 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All I need to know the command which can be used to list the files which are 3 hours old so that it can be deleted. (3 Replies)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Is there an easy way to find files modified by hours? If you wanted to find something modified by like 28 hours then I know you could do this: find . -mmin -1440It is pain to break out a calculator and calculate in minutes. Could you do something similar to this? I know I don't have the right... (1 Reply)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Is there a way to find out the total no of processes that were running ? - 2 or 3 hours before - list those no of processes (3 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, How to get the modified/created files past 2 hours in Solaris with find command? Thank you. (7 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have two dates in below format, how would I find the hours difference between the two dates. Im using AIX and ksh. Current date : Wed May 17 14:34:41 SGT 2017 File date : Thu Apr 27 20:52:41 SGT 2017 (3 Replies)