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- find files older x days in bash , delete 2 answers
i have server creates several log files in log directory. due logging mechanism eats lot of disk space on server. want write script deletes files older 1 day , keep latest ones.
i able list directories in sorted form using ls -trl command. not able understand how remove these files. please help.
you can use following command:
/usr/bin/find <your log directory> -mtime +1 | xargs rm -f mtime - provides file modification time.
+1 - indicates greater 1 day.
