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# 1  
Old 10-11-2012
find only 6 char long
HTML Code:
find /tmp -type f -mtime +180
I have this script get the list to clean up files older than 180 days under /tmp.
But, I want to make sure to grep only a type of files, which have only 6 character long.

HTML Code:
....
LT3hqa                               dRMoya                               zZefaa
LTAeia                               dRahaa                               zZqbaa
LTIkMa                               dRqbaa                               zlQeEa
LTenMa                               dRunia                               zlqgEa
LTmlqa                               dSEeUa                               zoaaya
LV3nEa                               dSMb7a                               zpYhia
LV7caa                               dSYiqa                               zpqgUa
LVAp7a                               dSaaEa                               zvmpaa
LVYjUa                               dSacya                               zw3cMa
LVqbaa                               dSmnia                               zzAmaa
LVylqa                               dTAeaa
LWmbia                               dTEfMa
...
Please advise how to
HTML Code:
find
files with 6-charactor long and 180 days old.
# 2  
Old 10-11-2012
This should work:

Code:
find /tmp -type f -mtime +180 | grep '^.\{6\}$'

# 3  
Old 10-11-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by Subbeh
This should work:

Code:
find /tmp -type f -mtime +180 | grep '^.\{6\}$'

It returns nothing.

If I just run
PHP Code:
find /tmp -type f -mtime +180 
, I am getting these outputs.
HTML Code:
....
/tmp/yZqcMa
/tmp/yZyiya
/tmp/y_Mdia
/tmp/y_Qcia
/tmp/y_Qcya
/tmp/y_ap7a
/tmp/y_mkia
/tmp/y_qfUa
/tmp/y_yc7a
/tmp/ypMe7a
/tmp/ypYk7a
/tmp/yxAi7a
....
Is it the reason??
Please advise.
# 4  
Old 10-11-2012
Yes, just add 5 more characters to include /tmp/:

Code:
find /tmp -type f -mtime +180 | grep '^.\{11\}$'

# 5  
Old 10-11-2012
try this..

Code:
find /tmp -type f -mtime +180 | awk -F/ 'length($NF) == 6'

# 6  
Old 10-11-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
try this..

Code:
find /tmp -type f -mtime +180 | awk -F/ 'length($NF) == 6'

It pulls out:
PHP Code:
olympus:/> find /tmp -type f -mtime +180 | awk -F/ 'length($NF) == 6'
/tmp/.alist
/tmp/EFILE1
/tmp/acsisvc/f88c1119/.inuse
/tmp/acsisvc/f88c1119/sdscan
/tmp/diagSEgenSnap/general/errlog
/tmp/diagSEgenSnap/general/ike.db
/tmp/diagSEgenSnap/general/lsfilt
/tmp/diagSEgenSnap/general/trcfmt
/tmp/ecfile
/tmp/ibmsupt/general/trcfmt
/tmp/ibmsupt/tcpip/rc.net
/tmp/ibmsupt/tcpip/rc.qos
/tmp/prereq
..... 
It should have pulled out:
PHP Code:
/tmp/.alist
/tmp/EFILE1
/tmp/ecfile
/tmp/prereq
.. 
which only 6 character long followed by /tmp/

Please advise.
# 7  
Old 10-11-2012
Try it the simple/stupid findless and egrepless way:
Code:
ls -a /tmp/ | grep '^......$'

It won't add /tmp/ to the names.
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