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Linux - Find files that are older than 1 day
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| Find files that are older than 1 day with file name 'LOGFILE', and delete them. | |
| find /var/log/ -type f -mtime +1 -name '*LOGFILE*' -exec rm {} \; | |
| We can put this delete command in a script say deleteOldLogs.sh and add it in cron entry to run every day, | |
| crontab -l | |
| 0 0 * * * /usr/sathish/Scripts/deleteOldLogs.sh |
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