Quick question about the command find.

[Patrick Miguel]

Hello Maxime,

This is what I use to delete files older than 15 days :

find $MyPath -name "*" -mtime +15 -print -exec rm -rf {} \;

Kind Regards,
Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: Maxime Alarie <malarie at processia.com>
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To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
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Subject: Quick question about the command find.
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:21:10 -0400

Good day,

 

I  want to erase files and directories that are older than 15 days..
the command I use is :   find $MyPath –type d –exec rm {} \;

 

Obviously rm wont erase  a non empty directory..  I tried using  rm –r
 but I got errors..  

 

My question is, How can I recursively delete  directories using find –
exec rm  without having to  use 2 commands:  find  . –type f –mtime +15
-exec rm  THEN  find . –type d –exec rmdir

 

Cheers,

 

 

 

 

 


Patrick Miguel 
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