I was tasked with auto removing files from a linux FTP site that were older than 14 days. Unfortunately the files were all located in the ~ (home) directories.<\/p>\n
I originally tried: The command found all the files ok, but it was also listing the hidden files:<\/p>\n \/home\/user\/.profile So I decided to use regex: Now to add the removal of the files: I saved this as delete_files, then made it runnable, and cron’d it up: This worked on my Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS system, but the commands should work on all the flavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was tasked with auto removing files from a linux FTP site that were older than 14 days. Unfortunately the files were all located in the ~ (home) directories. I originally tried: find \/home\/* -mtime +14 -type f This command attempts to find ALL (*) files in the home (\/home\/) directory with a modified time … Continue reading Delete Files Older Than X Days<\/span>
\nfind \/home\/* -mtime +14 -type f<\/code>
\nThis command attempts to find ALL (*) files in the home (\/home\/) directory with a modified time of 14 days (-mtime +14) and only files not directories (-type f)<\/p>\n
\n\/home\/user\/.bash_logout
\n\/home\/user\/.bash_history
\n\/home\/user\/.bashrc<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nfind \/home\/* \\( ! -regex '.*\/\\..*' \\) -type f -mtime +14<\/code>
\nThis worked!<\/p>\n
\nfind \/home\/* \\( ! -regex '.*\/\\..*' \\) -type f -mtime +14 -exec rm {} \\;<\/code><\/p>\n
\nchmod +x delete_files<\/code>
\ncrontab -e<\/code>
\n@daily .\/delete_files #Delete Files Older Than 14 Days in Home Dirs<\/code><\/p>\n