Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- find:find_and_delete_files_after_a_certain_time [2019/11/29 12:13] – removed peter
+++ find:find_and_delete_files_after_a_certain_time [2020/07/16 06:07] (current) – old revision restored (2017/10/12 10:20) 92.220.10.100
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+====== Find - Find and delete files after a certain time ======
+<code bash>
+find /path/to/folder -type f -name "<regex-for-file-name>" -mtime +<number-of-days> -exec <bash-command> {} \;
+</code>
+Example usage:
+<code bash>
+find /var/spool/somedir/someotherdir -type f -name "msg*" -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
+</code>