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Script to delete old files

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Hi I need a script to delete all files that were created more than x number of days ago. Any ideas Cheers

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This command will delete all files that were modified 1 day ago find /tmp -type f -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \; Note: Pls see find command on more options Directory name is /tmp and file types are ordinary (-type f)

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