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Old 09-11-2013
Find and delete file previous to some date
Hello All,

I have a directory containing of many .dat file, but with different naming conventions.

I want to delete files which are created before and on 10th September 2013.

I tried this command to see files which are are the files created before 10th September

Code:
 find path/to/file -type f -mtime +5 -print

But this is giving me no result.

Any help on this appreciated.
# 2  
Old 09-11-2013
Code:
find /path/to/file -type f -name "*dat" -mtime +5 -print

# 3  
Old 09-11-2013
Hello this is not giving any result as the previous one
# 4  
Old 09-11-2013
I didn't really look at the math, but for 10-Sep-2013, don't you think it should be -mtime +1 (considering today is 11-Sep-2013)
# 5  
Old 09-11-2013
this worked but its giving wrong results.
can we find the files created on specific dates
# 6  
Old 09-11-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by nnani
this worked but its giving wrong results.
can we find the files created on specific dates
What exactly do you mean by wrong results?
# 7  
Old 09-11-2013
Hi,
If your find supported this options, you can try:
Code:
find /path/to/file -type f -name '*.dat' -not -newermt "Sep 10" -print

Regards.
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