Hi, I want to delete files which had been created 2 days ago having names like: er_n5412_output_yyyymmdd.csv.processd from the directory /opt/apps/ccba/dev/callftp/cps_adhoc. There will be several other files in the same directory which I would not want to delete. There might be files having names like er_n5412_output_yyyymmdd.csv, these I will not want to delete. I want to write a script to do this. I know this can be done with find command, but I cannot get the syntax right.Also, is it possible to explicitly mention the path and the file name matching pattern? Can anyone help? -Anukta

find /-name er_n5412_output_yyyymmdd.csv.* \ -atime 2 -exec rm {} \;

Thanks, but it is not working with the '*' in there. When I mention the exact file name, it works, but pattern matching did not work. Any other ideas? -Anukta

Some systems require pattern matching in find to be quoted with either single or double quotes. Try find / \ -name 'er_n5412_output_yyyymmdd.csv.*' \ -atime 2 -exec rm {} \;