Deleting 2 week old files unix

[pavikavi]

hi

How can i delete a file from the directory which is 2 weeks old from the current date using the shell script
and this script will be assigned to the crontab so date calculation should be dynamically done.

Please help me out.

thanks
pavithra

 

[vgersh99]

man find

vlad
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[bi]

Or do a keyword search on this forum for &quot;delete old&quot;.

You'll come up with about 11 topics dealing with deleting files that are a certain age.

Check out this reply: thread822-571368

 

[pavikavi]

i need a script whihc loops thru all the files in a folder and checks out its timestamp and compare it with current date of the system and delete those files which are 2 weeks old or more

 

[PHV]

Do a

 man find

and take a look at the -mtime and -exec options. A

 man xargs

could also be of interest.

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[bi]

OK. I'll read the thread for you:

find /your_directory_AKA_&quot;folder&quot; -mtime +14 -print | xargs rm -f

 

[pavikavi]

thanks a lot people, its really a great help from all of you

pavithra

 

[appi]

but you also can use:

find /your_directory_AKA_&quot;folder&quot; -mtime +14 -exec rm{} ;

this derives the results directly to rm.
in some unix the semikolon needs a blank between the closing bracket and semikolon, in others not.

hth
Uwe