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I have updated the post. Please check it.

USed the above code...
The directory called 2010-03-17 get deleted but Same ERROR -
find: /home/uat/2010-03-17: No such file or directory

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waiting...

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Still trying to get rid of that error...
Strange ha..after deleting also it gives me the same error...
i have used the below code:
dir=`date +%Y-%m-%d --date='1 day ago'`
dir=`echo ${dir##*/}`
find /home/uat -iname $dir -exec rm -rf {} \;

Did you concatenate the file path to the $dir variable?
Because initially it will have only the date command's output.
i.e. it will contain only the previous date.

i have tried the above code..
new to unix..doesnt kw much

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anybody suggest pls....

Please put code inside code tags.

You don't need to use command substitution:

Code:

dir=${dir##*/}

..but what's the point? $dir will contain something like 2010-03-17. There is no path information to remove.

Find only directories and quote your variable.

Code:

find /home/uat -type d -name "$dir" -exec rm -rf {} \;

What error does the corrected script give you?

yes i wasnt aware about the code tags..Will surely remember from next time on.

But after using the last line of the code above i still get the same error
find: /home/uat/2010-03-17: No such file or directory