Thread: Unix / Linux: Find and delete file older than 45 days automatically

i can delet the file i want using

Code:

find /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/ -iname '*.wav' -ctime +45 -exec rm -f {} \;

but this delete all wav file i want it deletes just wav files older than 45days automatically

Code:

#!/bin/bash
ago=$(date +%Y-%m-%d '--date=45 days ago')
file="/tmp/file.$$"
touch --date $ago "$file"
find /path/to/dest/ -type f -newer "$file"
### To delete use following syntax ###
### find /path/to/dest/ -type f -newer "$file" -delete ###
### find /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/ -type f -iname "*.wav" -newer "$file" -delete

rm -f "$file"

is following enough ? (to delete wav files older than 45days in /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/)

Code:

#!/bin/bash
ago=$(date +%Y-%m-%d '--date=45 days ago')
file="/tmp/file.$$"
touch --date $ago "$file"
find /path/to/dest/ -type f -newer "$file"
find /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/ -type f -iname "*.wav" -newer "$file" -delete

rm -f "$file"

Originally Posted by zodehala

i can delet the file i want using

Code:

find /var/spool/asterisk/monitor/ -iname '*.wav' -ctime +45 -exec rm -f {} \;

but this delete all wav file i want it deletes just wav files older than 45days automatically

It depends what older means, I assume it means modified.

Here it is:

Code:

find . -type f -mtime +45 -delete

This will delete files modified more than 45 days.