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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Deleting older files of a particular type Post 302357365 by methyl on Tuesday 29th of September 2009 12:58:37 PM
Old 09-29-2009
Quote:
find /testfolder -maxdepth 2 -type f -ctime +1 -name "*.txt" -exec rm -rf {} \; -ls
1) The " -ls" at the end of the command will make it fail.
2) You may have more joy with "-mtime" rather than "-ctime" because many processes can interfere with "-ctime" (including backup software). To check what timestamp "-ctime" is looking at, list the directory with "ls -lac".
3) Test with "echo" not "rm" in the first instance.

Suggestion to help your diagnostics:
Code:
find /testfolder -maxdepth 2 -type f -mtime +1 -name "*.txt" -exec echo {} \;

 

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LEARN ABOUT BSD

time

TIME(3F)																  TIME(3F)

NAME

       time, ctime, ltime, gmtime - return system time

SYNOPSIS

       integer function time()

       character*(*) function ctime (stime)
       integer stime

       subroutine ltime (stime, tarray)
       integer stime, tarray(9)

       subroutine gmtime (stime, tarray)
       integer stime, tarray(9)

DESCRIPTION

       Time returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, Jan. 1, 1970, measured in seconds.  This is the value of the UNIX system clock.

       Ctime  converts	a  system  time  to  a	24  character ASCII string.  The format is described under ctime(3).  No 'newline' or NULL will be
       included.

       Ltime and gmtime disect a UNIX time into month, day, etc., either for the local time zone or as GMT.  The order and meaning of each element
       returned in tarray is described under ctime(3).

FILES

       /usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO

       ctime(3), itime(3F), idate(3F), fdate(3F)

4.2 Berkeley Distribution					   May 15, 1985 							  TIME(3F)
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