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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat List all old files except 15 latest files Post 302532560 by rockf1bull on Tuesday 21st of June 2011 09:27:15 AM
Old 06-21-2011
Thanks Franklin, that was simply awesome and worked straight away!!!

Though I am actually having a bit of a problem here -

While in a certain directory, when I do -
Code:
find . $(ls -tp | awk 'NR > 15') -exec rm {} \;

It throws me errors saying, -
Code:
find: filename1: No such file or directory
find: filename2: No such file or directory
find: filename3: No such file or directory
find: filename4: No such file or directory
find: filename5: No such file or directory

Please give me a clue if you know how to fix it.

I have tried following though it didn't work.
-
Code:
find . $'(ls -tp | awk 'NR > 15')' -exec rm {} \;

Cheers.

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Use code tags - checkout (B) in https://www.unix.com/misc.php?do=cfrules, thanks.

Last edited by zaxxon; 06-21-2011 at 10:35 AM.. Reason: code tags
 

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SVNPATH(1)																SVNPATH(1)

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svnpath - output svn url with support for tags and branches SYNOPSIS
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