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Old 05-31-2007
Purging a Set of Files
Hi Frineds,
I want to delete a set of files which are older than 7 days from teh current date.I am totally enw to shell scripting, can anyone help me with a sample code to list out the files which are older and then remove them from the directory.

Please help
THanks
Viswa
# 2  
Old 05-31-2007
Code:
find /path/to/files -type f  -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;

To be sure you are getting what you think, run this first to check:

Code:
find /path/to/files -type f  -mtime +7 -exec ls -l  {} \;

and read through the output carefully .
# 3  
Old 05-31-2007
See if this works for you:
Code:
find . -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;

# 4  
Old 05-31-2007
Thank You very much i never thought i would get such a quick response. It worked Thanks a Ton!!!
# 5  
Old 05-31-2007
What to do if i have to restrict the search to the current directory alone ??
# 6  
Old 05-31-2007
You can do :
Code:
find . \( ! -name . -prune \) -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

or with GNU version of find :
Code:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

Jean-Pierre.
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