Hi Tim,
> find /var/log/ -name '*.log*' -type f -mtime +7 -print
...
> -rwxrwxr-x 1 mit mit 104 Apr 22 21:29 deletefile.sh
Does ‘sudo ./deletefile.sh’ — or similar, if it's not in the current
directory — now work?
> So now for a second question -name '*log*' I assume that this looks for
>
Seem simple enough, will have a play but it won't help my scripting skills
I found the online Cron autoconfigure useful, you enter when and how
frequent you want to run the script and it will give the correct format
to enter into crontab. Used to have a nice GUI for Cron which was great,
but c
HI Ralph
Like the -print option, very useful
Will try to remember the single quotes
pr -tnv deletefiles.sh give
mit@Thinky:~/scripts$ pr -tnv deletefile.sh
1v#!/bin/bash
2v# delete files older than 7 days old
3vfind /var/log/ -name '*.log*' -type f -mtime +7 -print
I know the seco
On 21/04/2025 18:27, Tim wrote:
Good evening on this damp squid of Easter
I will admit that scripting is not my thing but at times I decide I am going to
try and improve my scripting (it is basic).
So here what my issue is, I want to delete some .log file from /var/log so I
have a very simple
Hi Tim,
Bob wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > find /var/log/ -name "*.log" -type f -mtime +7 -delete
Start with -print instead of -delete so if you have a bug you don't
delete the wrong files.
Also, use '' instead of "" in general as the shell interprets less
within them, i.e. the contents are more litera
Hi,
On Mon, Apr 21 at 06:27, Tim wrote:
> Good evening on this damp squid of Easter
>
> I will admit that scripting is not my thing but at times I decide I am
> going to try and improve my scripting (it is basic).
>
> So here what my issue is, I want to delete some .log file from /var/log
> so
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