Sometimes you need to delete some archive files, that are older than the specified date. It’s simple enough in Linux. Here is the command that allows you to do this:
find /path/to/folder/* -mtime +7 -exec rm {} ;
Please, note, that you need to keep spaces between command arguments.
This command is suitable for folders that contain a large number of files. In order to force file deletion you need to add -f key.
find /path/to/folder/* -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} ;
If you need to move these files instead of deletion, here is the solution:
find /path/to/folder/* -mtime +7 -exec mv {} /path/test-mv-to/ ;
Hope this helps you to deal with archive files and big folders.
