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Old 09-26-2011
Removing certain files after certain days..
Hi guys..

Currently me using AIX 5.3.0.0

I have these files generated by Oracle in /tmp folder..

# date
Mon Sep 26 11:53:31 BEIST 2011
# pwd
/tmp
# df -g .
Filesystem GB blocks Free %Used Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/hd3 10.00 3.65 64% 62479 7% /tmp
# ls -l |wc -l
61717
# find . -mtime +30 -print|xargs ls -l|wc -l
56070
# find . -mtime +30 -print|xargs ls -al|grep Tkttrans| wc -l
54103

How can I delete only the Tkttrans*.tmp files from the folder.

If I use this command, it would delete all the files after 30 days period..
find . -mtime +30 -print|xargs rm

I tried this but encounter error..
# find . -mtime +30 -print|xargs rm Tkttrans*.tmp
ksh: /usr/bin/xargs: 0403-027 The parameter list is too long.

Please advice..
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Old 09-26-2011
Code:
find . -mtime +30 -name 'Tkttrans*.tmp' -print | xargs rm

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# 3  
Old 09-26-2011
hey.. it works...

thanks.. was thinking about missing some parameters... but didn't realise you have to put the argument in front..
 
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