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June 27, 2011, 09:46

Hi Peteris i have a question
I have to delete a file by comparing today's date with the date in file if it is older than 7 days then delete it. Is it possible

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June 28, 2011, 16:02

Awk is not the language for this. You want to use the find utility and combine it with rm.

Here is how to do it:

find /path -ctime -7 -exec rm {} \;

Note: If you use rm, always substitute -exec with -ls to make find will remove the right files!

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