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Old 07-16-2019
Delete Directories and its files that begin with the same character string
I wrote a shell script program that supposed to delete any directories and its files that begin with the same character string . The program is designed to delete directories and its files that are one day old or less and only the directories that begin with the same character string. The problem is the program doesn't delete the directories. I don't know why the script isn't working. The OS is Linux redhats. Version 6 x.

Here is the shell script
Code:
#!/bin/bash -x

NUMBER_OF_DAYS=1
MOUNT_PATH=/saswork

echo "Script Started"
echo "Deleting the files greater than ${NUMBER_OF_DAYS}"
cd ${MOUNT_PATH}
chmod 755 SAS_work*
find ${MOUNT_PATH} -mtime +${NUMBER_OF_DAYS} -name "SAS_work*"
find ${MOUNT_PATH} -mtime +${NUMBER_OF_DAYS} -name "SAS_work*" | while read DIR_NAME
do
	echo "Removing the ${DIR_NAME}"
	rm -rf "${DIR_NAME}"
done
echo "Script Completed"

Below are sample of the directories that the program should delete if the directories are one day old or less.
Code:
drwx------  4 exxc_prxd    exxc_prxd            8192 Mar 15 14:49     SAS_work08480000328E_svxxsa60001mz34
drwx------  4 izjlin           D02012192                8192 Jul 14 08:57    SAS_work8BFF000059ED_svxxsi60001mz33
drwx------  4 jxwm67     D02012192                8192 Jul 16 19:32     SAS_work8CA50000264B_svxxsi60001mz33
drwx------  4 ixjiinz          D02012192                8192 Jul 15 11:17       SAS_work9417000072ED_svcxsi60001mz34
drwx------  3 tale4           D02017434               8192 Mar 13 14:30   SAS_workAA0C000044B7_svcxksi60001m34
drwx------  4 ixjwinz        D02012192                8192 Apr 12 09:23    SAS_workBA37000044E9_svxxxcksi60001mz34
drwx------  4 bdmknyex  D02017434             8192 Mar 15 09:41   SAS_workE77600003715_svcksi60001mz34

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-16-2019 at 01:11 PM.. Reason: quote tags -> code tags
# 2  
Old 07-16-2019
You cannot delete directories you do not have permission to delete (write permissions).

You are running your script as what user exactly?

Please post the exact command which includes the user prompt from your shell (in code tags).

Thanks.
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