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Delete OLD files in linux

Sunday, June 5, 2011, 17:42
HOW TOs, Job Scheduling, Linux, Shell scripting
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If you want to delete log files or folders in /var/log directory which are older than 200 days then you can follow the below steps To list the files which are older than 200 days #find /var/log -mtime +200 After verifying ,you can delete those files/folders #find /var/log -mtime +200 -exec rm {} \; Full story

Tags: exec, find command in linux, housekeeping in linux, mtime