UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Gurus,

I am new to unix.
I have a requirement where i need to delete some files in a folder twice a week.
Suppose i have a folder AAA. In that i have files from 01/04/2008 to 10/04/2008

I want to remove all the files except last 3 days i.e., 10,9th & 8th.

Every week twice we want to remove the files.

Please guide with an example to solve the issue.

Thanks & Regards,
Sandeep

To remove 3 days old files

find . -name '*' -mtime -3 -exec rm {} \;

Code:

find /AAA -mtime +3

will give you all files in directory (and sub-directories) that are more than 3 days old. If you wanted to delete them you could add

Code:

find /AAA -mtime +3 -exec rm {} \;

which may, or may not depending on your version of rm (and any aliases set up), ask you whether to delete each and every file.

To not be asked change the

Code:

rm {} \;

to be

Code:

rm -f {} \;