Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:02:32 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: John Telford <j.telford@sympatico.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick rm script ? Message-ID: <3A9B42F8.DDFD781D@pacbell.net> References: <000901c0a052$1b23d730$3623e540@johnny2k>
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find /path/to/dir -type f -mtime +2 -exec rm -f {} \;
... will delete all files 2 or more days old starting from /path/to/dir.
See find(1) for information and more examples.
-- richard
John Telford wrote:
> what commands could I use to remove files older than nn days ?
> And any links to scripts and samples would be appreciated :)
> TIA. John.
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