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remove files older than x days, excluding one of the directory?

hi guys i have done some research and this works for me
to delete files older than 180days

Code:

bash -c 'date;find /data/ -type f -mtime +180 -exec rm -v {} \;;date' >> /archive/rmlog

lets say there are sub-directory under /data
/data/1
/data/2
...
/data/50

then i have sub-directory
/data/1/a
/data/1/b

i want to run that script to delete all files older than 180days, under directory /data/, but excluding /data/1/a

means the files in /data/1/a will not get deleted after 180days, but files under /data/1/b, and /data/2-50/* will be deleted.

is that a easier way ? else i need to copy paste the script and define the path one by one?
thanks

To exclude a dir, use the -prune option http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-of-find-in-sh.
I'd do this as a separate cmd from the following.

For the others, use a loop that generates the nums 2-50 and feed it to the find cmd.

Put it all in a script instead of calling it on one line, then log output

Code:

./myscript.sh >myscript.sh 2>&1

hi thanks for the help

lets say, now i have
/data/Apple/1
/data/Ball/1

/data/Cat/Apple/1

when i run

Code:

find /data -name abc -prune -o

/data/Ball/ and others will be deleted.
/data/Apple/ will not be deleted.(which is correct)
but /data/Cat/Apple/ will not be deleted too, which i want them deleted.
i have tried maxdepths, but /data/Cat/Apple is one more sub-directory.

any suggestion? thanks