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How to delete older files using a bash script?

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How to find and delete older files (older than 7 days) in a folder using a bash script? It's a folder in a server which contain automatic backups. Need to delete old ones automatically so there's space for new ones.

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answered 2 Years ago diket · Accepted Answer

#!/bin/bash

ssh user@machine "find /path/to/files/ -mtime +7 -exec rm {} ;"

name the script as some_file_name.sh and give execute permissions.

 chmod +x file_name.sh

Run it as ./file_name.sh or bash file_name.sh