Hello!
How to find the directory that was changed 7 days ago and delete it completely?
I use the command:
find /folder/folder1/* -mtime +7 -delete But only the contents of directories from folder1 are deleted.
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2 answers
This is the deletion of a directory that changed 7 or more days ago:
find /folder/folder1 -type d -mtime +7 | xargs rm -rf If you need exactly 7, then +7 should be replaced by 7 .
de_frag de_frag
2,182 2 four eleven
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rm -rf $(find /folder/folder1 -mtime 7) 
isnullxbh isnullxbh
3.279 one 6 32
- @De_frag has the correct version - I forgot about the file type :) - isnullxbh
- Well, this option is also working. The only thing I do not know what is the limit on the length of the
$(find /folder/folder1 -mtime 7)structure$(find /folder/folder1 -mtime 7). If there will be a million search results, will bash ... choke ... - de_frag - @de_frag, yes, choking) Does xargs work fine with a large number of input arguments? - isnullxbh
- xargs chokes too, but it has the magic option
-I{}. If you do this:find /folder/folder1 -type d -mtime +7 | xargs -I{} rm -rf {}find /folder/folder1 -type d -mtime +7 | xargs -I{} rm -rf {}, then rm will be run separately for each search result, not for the entire line. Frankly, I did not test it on large quantities. Therefore, I can not vouch for the answer. - de_frag - @de_frag, understood, thanks for the explanation! - isnullxbh
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