Re: Clearing disc space on linux 5.2

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 04:46:42PM -0000, Harry Hambi wrote:
> Thanx Aaron....you couldn't explain a bit more.....example of how to run
> the command.
> 
> Rgds.
> 
> Harry 
Ok lets say you want to remove all files that were last accessed more
than 2 days ago or  there status was last changed more than 3 days ago
or are empty and are simple files starting at the current directory.

find ./ -name "*" -type f  ( -empty -o -atime +2 -o -ctime +3) -exec rm {} \;

Do a : man find 
to see other options of which there are many. You could probably do
without the -name "*" and all files that are matched and therefore
deleted will have there names printed. There are examples of use in
the man page.
> 
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> On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:39:02PM -0000, Harry Hambi wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > Trying to clear disc space on my linux 5.2 box......is there a command
> 
> > that will help me delete old files the system doesn't use?, looking 
> > for a coomand which will tell me how old a file is or when it was last
> 
> > used by the system, thanx.
> > 
> > Rgds.
> > 
> > Harry.
> The find command executing a rm based on criteria such as last
> modification time and creation time should work for you.
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