How to remove files Older Then “n” days


This command will remove all files which older than 365 days.  Be careful when you need to run this command. Before add "rm" use "ls"  option to see that  files..

  • List all files older than 365 days.
#find /pathtofile -type f -mtime +365 -prune | xargs ls  -ld

For  Linux  also;

#find /tmp -atime +365
  • Remove all files older than 365 days.
#find /pathtofile -type f -mtime +365 -prune | xargs rm –r 

 

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