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Date:      Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:04:41 +0100
From:      Paul Branston <apbran@rannoch.demon.co.uk>
To:        David Okeby <david@okeby.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: shell script to remove dated files
Message-ID:  <20010828110441.C31370@rannoch.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <FMEEKJADHLBHCKHGCEKEOEOPCEAA.david@okeby.com>; from david@okeby.com on Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 05:31:44AM %2B0800
References:  <FMEEKJADHLBHCKHGCEKEOEOPCEAA.david@okeby.com>

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On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 05:31:44AM +0800, David Okeby wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do I write a shell script that removes old files?  Say something of the
> order of two weeks old.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David
> david@okeby.com
> 

have a read at the find man page. You need somethimg like

find /path -mtime +14 -exec rm {} \;

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