Remove files based on time stamp

[sabev]

How might I remove files based on how old they are? Say delete files older than a day?

I am guessing I can use the find command and pass the file to a rm command -

find -name "filename" -time??? | xargs rm

Thanks

 

[KenCunningham]

For files older than a day, you can do:

find /<path> -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \;

the -mtime indicates files which haven't been modified for the specified number of days. It's always a good idea to replace the exec with a -print before executing this in anger, just o confirm that you'll be doing what you want and not deleting other important files. HTH.

 

[sabev]

Thanks!

Perfect.