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| + | ====== find command ====== | ||
| + | Common uses | ||
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| + | ===== Deleting old files with find command ===== | ||
| + | Below is an example of deleting MySQL backups older than 7 days | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | BACKUPLOC="/path/to/backups" | ||
| + | MYSQLBACKUPLOC="$BACKUPLOC/mysql" | ||
| + | find $MYSQLBACKUPLOC/backup*.sql.gz -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \; | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | Better syntax | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | JOBLOG="/path/to/job/log" | ||
| + | find $JOBLOG/ -type f -name "rem_20*.log" -mtime +7 -delete | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | ===== Deleting files with a certain extension across directories ===== | ||
| + | This will delete all *.txt.gzip files | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | find . -name "*.txt.gz" -exec rm -rf "{}" \; | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | ===== Created/Modified/Accessed within the last hour ===== | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | FILELOC="/path/to/loc" | ||
| + | # Created in the last 60 minutes | ||
| + | find $FILELOC -cmin -60 | ||
| + | # Modified in the last 60 minutes | ||
| + | find $FILELOC -mmin -60 | ||
| + | # Accessed in the last 60 minutes | ||
| + | find $FILELOC -amin -60 | ||
| + | </code> | ||
