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Old 12-09-2005
Remove files based on date
I am trying to write a shell script that will remove files in a directory based on the date. For instance, remove all files older than yesterday. Any ideas?
# 2  
Old 12-09-2005
Welcome to the forum. There is a search facility within the forum. You could start there.

Find files older than 5 days and remove tem after listing
# 3  
Old 12-09-2005
Thanks for the advice. The mtime does not really work the way I want. It only seems to look for files older by exactly x days. If I want to remove all files older than yesterday, is something different?
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Old 12-09-2005
man find
from the find man page:

Numeric arguments can be specified as

+n for greater than n,

-n for less than n,

n for exactly n.


so find . -mtime +2
finds all files older then 2 days old
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Old 12-09-2005
Couple that +n, -n info along with the below option.

Code:
       -newer file
              File was modified more recently than file.  -newer  is  affected
              by  -follow  only  if -follow comes before -newer on the command
              line.

Create a file by using touch. touch it with the required timestamp. And use it.

man touch
 
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