linux how to remove files older than certain days

this very easy linux command can be use to remove files older than certain days. Its very useful when you’re doing clean-up of old files.

Step by step :

1. Switch to the directory where you want to remove the files
2. issue the following command : find -mtime +60 -exec rm {} \;

Explanation :

• find : command to find all files
• -mtime +60 : switch to find files older than 60 days
• -exec rm {} \; : remove all the files that match the above switch

alternative : find /path/to/folder/* -mtime +60 -exec rm{} \;

the alternative not recommended for long path as you will have “Argument to long” error.

Hope it helps …

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