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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Linux find command returns nothing Post 303005247 by dakelly on Monday 16th of October 2017 08:16:16 AM
Old 10-16-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by Home
Actually, I'm working with a shell code so that it removes files older than 32 days in current directory(and not in subdirectories).

Here is my code, first I try to test my program by finding the right files and then add remove command:

Code:
#!/bin/sh 

for filename in /home/linux/txt/output/ABC_DEFGH*
do 
if test 'find .  maxdepth 1 -type f -name "ABC_DEFGH*" -mtime +32'; then 

#remove command should be here***

fi 

done 

exit 0

How can I add 'remove' command with propper options(I'm new in Linux)? Any suggestion?
I have a script that does something similar, and this is what I use, but mine is older than 15 days.. only changed to your search name terms.
you might want to keep your maxdepth, and change your length of days

Code:
find . -name "ABC_DEFGH*" -mtime +15 | xargs -i rm {}

 

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