Linux cleanup script

Hi xoxomos,

first, you have to focus on files query.
here are the command for getting files with a date in the month of JUL only.

ls -l | grep "Jul"

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and verify if the result is correct.

If the result was correct, put the list to rm command.

rm -f $(ls -l | grep "Jul")

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But please note, before you execute command, you have to change to source directory first.

Hi, I don't believe the method above will work because the output of ls -ltr will look like this:

-rwxr--r--  5  user  group 1234 Jul 29 2011 file.txt

Trying to remove the above using rm will fail. Besides the fact that you will also delete files from 2011 if the rm command would work.

Do you just want to remove files from July in this year? And what about directories?

do a man on find and look at the -exec rm {} \; option with one of the -- time options (cant remember which one off the top of my head)

jools is on the right track.  It's some combination of mtime and exec with some of those squiggly characters sort of like find . -mtime +15 -exec rm {}\;

jools solution is what i was looking for:

 find -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;

>>  find -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;

This command is deleting files in July but it does not delete "everything  with a date in the month of JUL?" It will not delete files from July 1st to July 25th. So I'm afraid you have chosen the incorrect answer for your question. My suggestion is creating 2 'timestamp' files that are used to select files in July, did you try my suggestion at all?

You're welcome to raise this with the moderators if you think its not fair but the asked did say my response was what they were after.

I guess I'm one of those who has to see what he gets before he knows what he wants.
I'll see if the moderator can somehow let me raise the points to 500 and split them.

Guess they will work on this after the weekend

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Oh well, easy come, easy go.

I would have liked to have thought I'd contributed a little to the question but I guess in this case it wasn't to be.

I agree, but sorry it's my bad.  I should have.  Like I said, it's another case of a user having to see what he gets before he can say what he wants:-(

No worries, no one died and it is after all just a question. I think the moderators were fair and I did suggest raising it if anyone wasn't happy.