Useful file manipulation commands (linux)

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Language: Bash

Posted by: Roman Ignatov

Added: Nov 30, 2016 11:13 AM

Tags: console linux sysadmin

# Delete Files Older Than x Days on Linux
find /path/to/files* -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \;
# rm files older than 3 days
find /path/to/folder -mtime +3 -exec rm -f {} \;
# Move Files Older Than X Days To Another Directory
find . -type f -mtime 7 | xargs -I % mv % ../old_files/
find . -type f -exec grep -H 'Complete.' {} \; |awk -F: '{ print $1; }' | xargs -t -I {} mv {} success/
# delete files by "find" mask of file name
find . -name "*.css" -type f -delete