How Do I Delete a File from a Specific Date in Unix?

How do you delete files older than a certain date in Unix?

How to Delete Files Older than 30 days in Linux

1. Delete Files older Than 30 Days. You can use the find command to search all files modified older than X days. …
2. Delete Files with Specific Extension. Instead of deleting all files, you can also add more filters to find command. …
3. Delete Old Directory Recursively.

How do I delete a 5 day old file in Unix?

4 Answers

1. Also use -type f to delete files only (and keep sub directories) – Oleg Mar 4 ’16 at 8:44.
2. Alternatively, if you want to do the same for all files NEWER than five days: find /path/to/directory/ -mindepth 1 -mtime -5 -delete – zmonteca Apr 19 ’16 at 17:29.