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11-02-2016

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gandolf989

Here is an example of code that will delete directories and their contents older than 2 weeks.
-type d says that you are deleting a directory and piping that to xargs with rm -rfv
means to force delete anything in the directory.

Code:

find /path/to/directory/directory_prefix_* -mtime +14 -type d | xargs rm -rfv

that code delete files or direct sub too?

friend in the directory have the attached file photo, without em, I Bargo the code below does not bring anything when I run

Code:

-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa    2912 oct 24 17:38 1000169320160930.RSAT
-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa 390936 oct 25 11:39 1000169320160921.RSAT
-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa         0 oct 25 11:41 1000169320160928.RSAT
-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa 390936 oct 25 12:34 1000169320160929.RSAT
-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa         0 oct 26 16:27 1000169320160101.RSAT
-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa 390936 oct 27 16:37 1000169320160922.RSAT
-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa          0 oct 28 11:49 1000169320160927.RSAT
-rw-r--r-- 1 satverpv desa 396032 oct 28 12:24 1000169320161025.RSAT

satverpv(satdes) /u01/home/desa/satverpv/sat/dat> find /u01/home/desa/satverpv/sat/dat/*.RSAT -mtime +14 -type d

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CHSH(1) 							   User Commands							   CHSH(1)

NAME

       chsh - change login shell

SYNOPSIS

       chsh [options] [LOGIN]

DESCRIPTION

       The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change
       the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account.

OPTIONS

       The options which apply to the chsh command are:

       -h, --help
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       -R, --root CHROOT_DIR
	   Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.

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       If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current login shell. Enter the new
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NOTE

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SEE ALSO

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