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Old 10-17-2006
need to create a file with its name having system date
Hi,

Iam new to unix . I need to write a scritp which can create a file having sysdate as a part of it.and i also need to delete file which is created five days before in a directory.pls Help me out

thanks in advance
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Old 10-17-2006
this will help you to create a filename that contains system date:

Code:
touch  my_file`date +%d-%m-%Y`contains_date

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Old 10-17-2006
Thanks for the info.but how can i delete files in a directory that are created 5 days back.....
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Old 10-17-2006
/usr/bin/find "Directory Path" -type f -mtime +5 -exec /bin/rm -f {};

Ex: /usr/bin/find /home/justsam -type f -mtime +5 -exec /bin/rm -f {};

Note: The above deletes only the files (mentioned by the type switch) in the directory /home/justsam wich are older than 5 days (mentioned by -mtime). If you want to delete files older than 3 days, make it -mtime +3
Last edited by justsam; 10-17-2006 at 08:32 AM.. Reason: Changing the path
justsam
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Old 10-17-2006
Thanks i want to delete a file based on the created time not modified.Will the above command works for this.

For ex if i modify a file which was created five days earlier will it also gets deleted
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Old 10-17-2006
the mtime option of find command lets you select files based on their time of modification.

the atime option of find command lets you select files based on their time of access.

as far as i know, find command does not give you any option to select files based on time of creation.

do man find to know more.
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Old 10-18-2006
Hello
Hello,

Just an addition to the question , can u pls tell if i want to find files created in last 20 mins then which find option should be used as i was not able to detect in man find.

KRgs,
Aparna
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