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Old 08-17-2011
Removal of files/folders created during a period of time
Hi,

I have some folders (containing files) which gets created daily and names start with 'TT_' . I would like to remove these folders every month end.

Could you please provide me the commands and also the syntax to schedule through crontab.

Thanks,
Archana
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Old 08-17-2011
It would be nice if you try out working with crontab which is not really difficult and maybe use the search function of the forum as well maybe search the web. There is also a man page for it and this very informative link:
https://www.unix.com/answers-frequent...n-crontab.html
The command to remove files/directories is rm. There is also a man page about it and you try it out on unimportant files that you have may created yourself with touch.
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Old 08-17-2011
Thanks...only thing is to how to set the month range? the files should be removed every month end automatically.
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Old 08-17-2011
Code:
man find

read for -type, -mtime
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