Remove files older 'x' duration

find <dir> -amin +3 -type f -exec rm {}r

the only problem is that time (+3) is in minutes and not seconds

find <dir> -amin +3 -type f -exec rm {}
ignore the trailing r in the last post

sunnycoder,
> -amin

I think that's GNU find. Solaris find is less cozy :-/

Stefan

Hi Stefan & sunnycoder,

   Thanks for your reply, but little modification is there on my question..the question is
i want to list the files which were modified in a time interval
i.e
say for example
 we need two options. -mfrom X and -mto Y where X & Y are in seconds relative to current time

 here 'mfrom' & 'mto' are in seconds..

For example, user will give following option
              -mfrom 7200 -mto 3600
that means if script runs at 2 PM it will list the files modified between 12 to 1

If user would like to list the files modified a day before then user will give -mto 86400

any help on this is greatly appreciated

Thanks & Regards
Subbu

Hi,

      Please share any minimum clue on this..

Thanks
Subbu

as Stefan said solaris find is does not provide much options but if the previous command worked for you, then try this

find <dir> -amin +3 -amin +5 -type f -exec rm {}

this will remove all file accessed between last 3 to 5 minutes

use ctime if you want modification time instead

what's wrong with Stefan's perl suggestion?

nothing is wrong ahoffmann ... the requirement has been modified a little