GeekAider

Find and Remove old files

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Find command usage:

find <where> <condition>

find /backup/daily -name log.*

find <where> <condition> -exec <action>

find /backup/daily -name log.* -exec ls -l {} \;

Find log files older than 2 days in /backup/daily directory

find /backup/daily/log.* -mtime +2

Find log files older than 2 days(modified 2 days back) in /backup/daily directory and remove them

find /backup/daily/log.* -mtime +2 -exec rm {} \;

NOTE: -exec <space> rm <space> {} <space> \;

Find log files older than 12 hours in /backup/daily directory and remove them

find /backup/daily/log.* -mmin +12 -exec rm {} \;

Find log files newer than 2 hours in /backup/daily directory and remove them

find /backup/daily/log.* -mmin -120 -exec rm {} \;