Re: Shell Script to Remove Old Files

On Mar 8, 12:39 am, "KAKA" <kaka....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How do I write a shell script to remove files (recursively under a
directory) which is older than 6 months old? Thank you!

Dave Hinz has given you an excellent hint on /how/ to do this.

I, on the other hand, will caution you to well define what you mean by
"older than 6 months old". Remember, Unix does not capture the file /
creation/ date, so (from the file metadata) you cannot determine which
files were /created/ more than 6 months ago. The best you will be able
to do is determine which files were /last read/ or /last updated/ more
than 6 months ago.

HTH
--
Lew

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