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# 1  
Old 04-30-2014
Identifying .log files
Hi. Is there a way to:

1) produce a listing of .log files
2) older than 5 years of age
3) that includes the full path and filename together with one file per line

Any help producing such a script would be very helpful. Thanks.
# 2  
Old 04-30-2014
try

Code:
find . -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

Considering 365 day a year; i have used 1825 days for 5 years

for full path

Code:
var=`pwd`
find $var -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

Last edited by Makarand Dodmis; 04-30-2014 at 12:44 PM..
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# 3  
Old 04-30-2014
Thank you. The first option seems to work, but the second gives no output. I'll try to work with the first options. I appreciate your time.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Makarand Dodmis
try

Code:
find . -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

Considering 365 day a year; i have used 1825 days for 5 years

for full path

Code:
var=`pwd`
find $var -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

# 4  
Old 04-30-2014
if first option is working ; second should work...
second option contains two commands...
have you ran in the same sequence
Code:
var=`pwd`

followed by
Code:
find $var -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

Also you can put these both commands in one test.sh and run ./test.sh

Code:
var=`pwd`
find $var -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

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# 5  
Old 04-30-2014
Yes, I did try creating a shell script to run both commands. For whatever reason I get no ouput when running the script versus the single command. A bit perplexing. Regardless, I appreciate your help.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Makarand Dodmis
if first option is working ; second should work...
second option contains two commands...
have you ran in the same sequence
Code:
var=`pwd`

followed by
Code:
find $var -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

Also you can put these both commands in one test.sh and run ./test.sh

Code:
var=`pwd`
find $var -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825

# 6  
Old 04-30-2014
try

Code:
var=$(pwd)

# 7  
Old 05-01-2014
yes for full path try with
Code:
find $(pwd) -type f -name "*.log" -mtime +1825
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