Deleting old files

[Guest_imported]

I'm new to Unix so apologies for this simple question.

How can I delete files that are older than three days and end in .SPL


I'd like this as part of a series of commands. I've been through the manuals and can't find a simple answer.

 

[jelf]

Malc72p

I have posted one possible solution to this problem on the SCO forum.


Regards

 

[KenCunningham]

Malc,

you could try:

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

the -mtime is the modification time of the file, the +3 specifies more than 3 days old, the -name finds files named <something>.SPL and the -exec rm removes them. The above command assumes you're in the directory from which you want to delete the files.

Be careful with rm!!!!

Hope this helps.

 

[jad]

rm -i does it interactively, so if you ever needed to be sure you could:
alias rm &quot;/bin/rm -i&quot;

it'll then prompt you for each file ...