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Old 11-10-2012
Delete file with specific date

let say i have list of file


PermissionsDirectoriesGroupSizeDateDirectory or file

Code:
drwx------2users4096Nov 2 19:51mailv
drwxr-s---35www 32768Jan 20 22:39public_htmlt
drwx------ 2 users 4096 Nov 2 19:51 mail
drwxr-s--- 35 www 32768 Jan 20 22:39 public_html 
drwxr-s--- 35 www 32768 Jan 20 22:39 public_html


i want to dete the file only on date with Jan 20 file.

Thanks
Jewel

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-10-2012 at 05:36 AM.. Reason: spelling correction; code tags (mod)
# 2  
Old 11-10-2012
Try a search and you will find many hits.

Eks
Code:
ls -l /your/directory |grep " Jan 20" #|xargs rm

Other eks
Code:
rm $(ls -lrt .|grep " Jan 20 "|awk '{print $9}')

# 3  
Old 11-12-2012
not deleting the specific date file
# 4  
Old 11-12-2012
Why?
Do you get an error message?
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