Rm files by date unix

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This can be a path, a directory, or a wildcard as in the example above. I would recommend using the full path, and make sure that you run the command without the exec rm to make sure you are getting the right results.

The second argument, -mtime, is used to specify the number of days old that the file is. The third argument, -exec, allows you to pass in a command such as rm. This should work on Ubuntu, Suse, Redhat, or pretty much any version of linux. Everything You Need to Know.

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