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# 8  
Old 11-20-2014
I didn't mention this is AIX 5.3.

Apparently -maxdepth is not a valid option on this flavor of AIX. Smilie
Code:
# find . -maxdepth 1 -prune -type f
find: 0652-017 -maxdepth is not a valid option.

# 9  
Old 11-20-2014
Well...ain't that somethn'

There is an -xdev option: ( the order matters as you know )
Change echo to rm if it works...
Code:
find . -xdev -type f -name "* *" -exec echo {} \;

Have a look here and locate the find command.
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Last edited by ongoto; 11-20-2014 at 05:29 PM..
# 10  
Old 11-20-2014
Find every file that meets your mod time/age requirement, use "sed" to remove the leading "./" characters, remove any names that still have a '/' directory separator in them, and remove what's left:

Code:
find . -mtime N -type f -name '* *' | sed 's/\.\///g' | grep -v '/' | while read ff; do rm "$ff"; done

# 11  
Old 11-20-2014
Been busy in meetings and calling it a day - finally. Will take a look at the recent suggestions tomorrow and let you know the results.

Again, thanks for the suggestions/examples. At the very least I'm learning more about this environment and sharpening the knife of my *NIX knowledge. Smilie
# 12  
Old 11-21-2014
The find -xdev primary only helps if the subdirectories are all mount points for different filesystems. However, the following command should do what you want:
Code:
find . \( -type d  ! -name . -prune \) -o \( -type f -name '* *' -mtime +30 -exec echo rm {} + \)

If the output correctly shows the rm command (or commands) you want to run, remove the echo and rerun the find.
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# 13  
Old 11-21-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Papa Lee
Code:
# find ./* -prune -print
ksh: /usr/bin/find: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.

It doesn't matter where you put the asterisk - as long as you put it anywhere it will expand to a long (and obviously too long) list of filenames.

The suggestion was to avoid the asterisk altogether, not to put it somewhere else in the command.

bakunin
# 14  
Old 11-21-2014
You are not printing anything because you're -prune-ing them all.

And then, you cram in too many arguments again, causing it to die from too many arguments.

Stop doing that.

Code:
find ./
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