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Old 03-01-2006
Script to remove log files

Can anyone help me with a shell script to remove all files (log files) created 7 days before current system date.

TIA,
Kiran.
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Old 03-02-2006
Sorry a bit of google helped me to write the following.

#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/find / -name *.log -ctime +7 -exec /bin/rm -f {} \;
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