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Hi,

I wanted to check whether any files are available under the path /usr/app/logs/. If the files are available under this path then i have to delete all the files except the files system.log, system.log.1, system.log.2 and sub folders under this path

Can any one please help me on this?

Thanks in advance.

# change the directory
$$ cd /usr/app/logs/

# See the list of files under /usr/app/logs/
$$ ls -lrt /usr/app/logs/*

# send the output into a file and exclude system.log*
$$ ls -lrt /usr/app/logs/* | grep -v system.log* > /tmp/ListOfFiles.txt

# Check the list of files
$$ cat /tmp/ListOfFiles.txt

# If it is ok, delete them
$$ for file in /tmp/ListOfFiles.txt; do rm -i $file; done

NB: Check and confirm b4 delete them

Hi,

Why not u try this command

Code:

rm -ir /var/log/*

Regards

Vijayan