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Old 03-22-2015
How can i list files above 5 days old?
HI

how can i list files above 5 days old

i want to keep only last 5 days application logs

Regards,
Ben
# 2  
Old 03-22-2015
Code:
find . -mtime +5 | xargs ls -ltr

alternatively

Code:
find . -mtime +5 -exec ls  {} \;

Last edited by rbatte1; 03-23-2015 at 02:40 PM.. Reason: Changed ICODE tags to just CODE tags
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Old 03-22-2015
Or, more simply:
Code:
find . -mtime +5

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Old 03-23-2015
Ex. remove over 5 days old *.log files from current directory, not from subdirs.
{} = put filename here.
Find & exec some cmd:
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*.log" -mtime +5   -exec rm -f {}  \;

# mmin = modified
# amin access
# cmin created

Or if like to check minutes then
Code:
# over one hour old files here and subdirs
find . -name "*.tmp" -mmin +60  -exec rm -f {} \;

Or find new files, modified under 60 minutes
Code:
find . -name "*.tmp" -mmin -60

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