Delete old files in directory

[Vandy02]

I am wanting look in a directory...as in a current directory...let us say \COMPANY

Within this directory have multiple files listed by date such as
test20040802.Z
test20040803.Z
test20040804.Z

I want to be able to delete the files that would have date being greater than sysdate mine 100 days..
In other words, if the file was test20040101.Z this script would delete the file...I am using Bourne Shell...

Thanks

 

[stefanwagner]

If the date of the files is correct, you could use a simple find-command:

find ./ -mtime +100 -exec rm {} \;

or with the directory-name

find /here/is/Company -mtime +100 -exec rm {} \;

Of course you check the command by first trying 'ls -la' instead of 'rm', because 'find' is a sharp knive.

If the date-of-file doesn't match it's name, I would consider using '3 months' instead of 100 days.

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[Vandy02]

i am unable to do so..

find ./ -type f -name "test*" -mtime +30 -exec rm {}
without -exec I return the files I need

when I add th -exec i get

find: missing argument to 'exec'

 

[PHV]

Replace this:
find ./ -type f -name "test*" -mtime +30 -exec rm {} By this:
find ./ -type f -name "test*" -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \[highlight];[/highlight]

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Vandy02]

Yep!

That worked.
Thanks for the help!

 

[Ygor]

Perhaps check the man page for your version of find. You might be able to use "[highlight]+[/highlight]" instead of "[highlight];[/highlight]".

The end of cmd must be punctuated by a semicolon ( or a plus sign (+) (semicolon and plus are special to the shell and must be escaped). When a plus sign is used, cmd aggregates a set of pathnames and executes on the set. The reason for preferring + to a semicolon is vastly improved performance.

 

[Vandy02]

how do you do this with ls??

 

[stefanwagner]

Do this...
Do what?
ls files which are older than 100 days?:

find ./ -mtime +100 -exec ls -la {} \;

delete files with ls?
You don't.
You use find.

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