Re: [CGUYS] UNIX Help -- Command Line Stuff
Some of this syntax is peculiar to the find command. Here is a good intro:
http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm
As far as how the -mtime option is used, I believe you are correct.
Whoever gave you this advice was probably short at least 12 oz. of
dark roast coffee.
On 3/5/10, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
The following was suggested to me for a cron job to delete old emails
from a spam folder. I don't completely understand the syntax at the
end of the line.
find /home/user/mail/domain/email/.spam -type f +mtime 30 -exec rm -f
'{}' \;
should not +mtime 30 be -mtime +30
What does '{}' (quote lbrace rbrace quote) mean?
What does the \ at the end mean?
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Re: [CGUYS] UNIX Help -- Command Line Stuff
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, t.piwowar wrote:
The following was suggested to me for a cron job to delete old emails
from a spam folder. I don't completely understand the syntax at the
end of the line.
find /home/user/mail/domain/email/.spam -type f +mtime 30 -exec rm -f '{}'
\;
should not +mtime 30 be -mtime +30
Yes, it should be -mtime
30 if you want exactly 30 days
+30 for 30 days and older
-30 for 30 days and younger
What does '{}' (quote lbrace rbrace quote) mean?
You can skip the single quotes. {} means substitute what the find
command found in earlier part, into the -exec section.
What does the \ at the end mean?
\; is the end of your -exec option. So, you could have another
option after that (ie: ... -exec rm -f {} \; -print)
However, this is a dangerous command. Run the following first to
see what it does. If you like the output, run it with 'rm -f'
instead of 'ls -l'
find /some/path -type f -mtime +30 -exec ls -l {} \;
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Re: [CGUYS] UNIX Help -- Command Line Stuff
On Mar 5, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Michael Fernando wrote: However, this is a dangerous command. Run the following first to see what it does. If you like the output, run it with 'rm -f' instead of 'ls -l' Good advice that is. Thanks JE and MF. I feel in control now. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] UNIX Help -- Command Line Stuff
On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, t.piwowar wrote:
The following was suggested to me for a cron job to delete old emails
from a spam folder. I don't completely understand the syntax at the
end of the line.
find /home/user/mail/domain/email/.spam -type f +mtime 30 -exec rm -f '{}'
\;
should not +mtime 30 be -mtime +30
Yes, it should be -mtime
30 if you want exactly 30 days
+30 for 30 days and older
-30 for 30 days and younger
What does '{}' (quote lbrace rbrace quote) mean?
You can skip the single quotes. {} means substitute what the find
command found in earlier part, into the -exec section.
What does the \ at the end mean?
\; is the end of your -exec option. So, you could have another
option after that (ie: ... -exec rm -f {} \; -print)
However, this is a dangerous command. Run the following first to
see what it does. If you like the output, run it with 'rm -f'
instead of 'ls -l'
find /some/path -type f -mtime +30 -exec ls -l {} \;
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[CGUYS] UNIX Help -- Command Line Stuff
The following was suggested to me for a cron job to delete old emails
from a spam folder. I don't completely understand the syntax at the
end of the line.
find /home/user/mail/domain/email/.spam -type f +mtime 30 -exec rm -f
'{}' \;
should not +mtime 30 be -mtime +30
What does '{}' (quote lbrace rbrace quote) mean?
What does the \ at the end mean?
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