如何在 Linux 中删除早于特定日期的文件? [英] How do you delete files older than specific date in Linux?

问题描述

I used the below command to delete files older than a year.

  find /path/* -mtime +365 -exec rm -rf {} ;

But now I want to delete all files whose modified time is older than 01 Jan 2014. How do I do this in Linux?

解决方案

You can touch your timestamp as a file and use that as a reference point:

e.g. for 01-Jan-2014:

touch -t 201401010000 /tmp/2014-Jan-01-0000

find /path -type f ! -newer /tmp/2014-Jan-01-0000 | xargs rm -rf 

this works because find has a -newer switch that we're using.

From man find:

-newer file
       File  was  modified  more  recently than file.  If file is a symbolic
       link and the -H option or the -L option is in effect, the modification time of the 
       file it points to is always used.

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