comment on

untested Perl one liner:

perl -e 'system "rm -rf $_" if ( -M $_ > 14 ) for ( glob "/var/backups
+/repository/DATE_*" );'
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Note: this is a deliberately simplistic example. To optimise it to avoid shelling out (using either File::Find or putting the glob in a recursive subroutine) would require more Perl experience than OP suggests.

Update: Newbies will particularly benefit from Learning Perl, Third Edition - Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible By Randal L. Schwartz & Tom Phoenix.

-M

Free your mind

In reply to Re: How do I find and delete files based on age? by Moron
in thread How do I find and delete files based on age? by macvsog

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