> I need a script to run on a regular basis which removes all old files
> beneath the current directory that contain 'MAILFORM' in their
> filename.
>
> I know this command: find . -mtime +45 -exec rm -f {} \; But it does
> not solve my problem because it erases ALL the older files. I only want
> to zap the MAILFORM files.
>
> Can someone please tell me how to work a pattern match into this command
> or else another way to accomplish my goal.
>
>
I know, It's in the man page for find. I couldn't make sense of it. Thanks for the response. I'm OK now. I have the correct syntax. Here are a few replies:
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find . -mtime +45 -name \*MAILFORM\* -exec rm -f {} \;
find . -name "*MAILFORM*" -mtime +45 -exec rm -f {} \;
find . -name '*MAILFORM*' -mtime +45 -exec rm -f {} \;
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I never use the -exec switch because it fires up rm for every single
file that's being erased. Try this:
find . -type f -mtime +45 -print | grep MAILFORM | xargs rm -f
xargs will create a nice long argument string of files to pass to rm.
Another advantage is if you'd like to find out what files were deleted; you
can redirect the grep to a file, mail it to yourself, and then feed that
file to xargs via stdin.
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All of this is available in the man page (man find). Be carefull with the
differences between GNU find and SunOS find.
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