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Old 05-22-2008
Find 3 months old log files and remove
HI

I HAVE LOG FILES IN THIS FORMAT

XXX.log.20080509215745
XXX.log.20080209205745
XXX.log.20080301785745
XXX.log.20080109155745
XXX.log.20080409115745
XXX.log.20080309105745

I NEED TO FIND THE FILES FROM 3 MONTHS OLD AND REMOVE

PLEASE HELP

THANKS,
# 2  
Old 05-22-2008
find /yourdir -type f -name "filename.*" -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;
# 3  
Old 05-22-2008
#find . -name *.log* -mtime +90 -exec rm {} \;
but before that get a listing to see what you are about to delete
#find . -name *.log.* -mtime +90 -exec ls -tl {} \;
Search and remove is a potentially dangerous command make sure you are in the directory where you are deleting files find . means present directory
# 4  
Old 05-22-2008
Thanks for the reply

I tried the command

find . -name *.log.* -mtime +90 -exec ls -tl {} \;

getting error Arg list too long

bash-2.03$ find . -name *.log.* -mtime +90 -exec ls -tl {} \;
bash: /usr/bin/find: Arg list too long

Thanks,
# 5  
Old 05-22-2008
your bash could be causing the problem or your dir might be over-growing
# 6  
Old 05-22-2008
Tried with out bash

$ find . -name *.log.* -mtime +90 -exec ls -tl {} \;
ksh: /usr/bin/find: arg list too long

getting the same error

Directory has different type of files
like

*.log
*.log.20080502124557
# 7  
Old 05-22-2008
try this?
$ find . -name *.log -mtime +90 -exec ls {}\;
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