Your Question: How Do I Delete Old Files in Linux?
Contents How Do I Delete 2 Days Old Files in Linux? Explanation the First Argument Is the Path to the Files. This Can Be a Path, a Directory, or a Wildcard as...
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How do I delete 2 days old files in Linux?
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- The first argument is the path to the files. This can be a path, a directory, or a wildcard as in the example above. …
- 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.
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If you want to delete files older than 1 day, you can try using -mtime +0 or -mtime 1 or -mmin $((60*24)) .
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