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# 1  
Old 07-09-2008
find command - no subdirs
I am looking to delete files that are of a certain age with something like the following...

find /directory -type f -mtime +14 | xargs rm

....however, I would like to only execute this on the current directory and not subdirectories.

Any ideas?
# 2  
Old 07-09-2008
Have a look at the "-prune" clause of "find". It prevents "find" from traversing subdirectories. On the man page of "find" you'll find several examples on how to use it.

Btw.: do not use "xargs", but the "-exec" clause instead. Why use a second utility when one already suffices.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
# 3  
Old 07-09-2008
You could use the maxdepth switch (maxdepth 1 in your case) if your find implementation supports it.
Otherwise you could use something like this:

Code:
find .  \( -name . -o -prune \) -type f -mtime +14 ...

With zsh it would be:

[hidden files included]
Code:
rm -- *(.Dm+10)

[only non hidden files]
Code:
rm -- *(.m+10)

# 4  
Old 07-09-2008
This did the trick...
Code:
find .  \( -name . -o -prune \) -type f -mtime +14 ...

-maxdepth is not available in AIX 5.3.

I will use -exec as well.

Thanks.
# 5  
Old 07-09-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by andrewsc
[...]
-maxdepth is not available in AIX 5.3.
[...]
For those of you, who are used to this parameter: find from the AIX Linux Toolbox does it. It is possible to use both find versions on an AIX server so that one can have the best of both (AIX/Linux) worlds.
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