[SOLVED] Delete old files older than 7 days

anon091 · 09-18-2009, 12:16 PM

find -type f /path/* -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;

Is this the best way to delete only files (not directories) within /path that are older than 7 days? or is there a better way?

kirukan · 09-18-2009, 12:30 PM

Yess the "f" denote regular files

anon091 · 09-18-2009, 12:32 PM

Thanks. and if i ever wanted to change it to do files and non-empty directories, would i just remove the -type f, or does it get more complicated then that?

anon091 · 09-18-2009, 01:15 PM

Looks like I'd have to change the end to this instead.

-exec rm -rf {} \;