Determine the age of a file/directory

[Muskaan]

Hi,

I wanted to know if there was a one-step command to determine the age of a file, something like months_between(DATE1,DATE2) in oracle. I need to write a purge script that can delete all log files older than 3 months. What is the best way to do that?

Thanks in advance!
Muskaan

 

[Salem]

Use the find command

This lists the *.log files older than 90 days

find . -name "*.log" -mtime +90 -ls

When you're sure, move on to deleting

find . -name "*.log" -mtime +90 -exec rm -f {} \;

 

[Muskaan]

Hey Salem!
This works well for me! Thanks!
Muskaan...