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Delete folders but keep 20 newest, 7 days old
I am looking for a way to delete folders that are older than 7 days, but always have 20 newest folders.
similar named folders with _SAME_NAME_@tmp should be deleted as well.
I'm stuck with making ...
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List lastest modified or newly created files in linux
How to list modified or newly created files or directories in linux. So that I can trigger another command or shell script for another task.
for eg. A file a.txt and test.txt are modified and I ...
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How to delete all directories in a directory older than 2 weeks except the latest one that match a file pattern?
I have the following path:
/dir1/dir2/
In this path I have the following directories containing various (not relevant) application detrius:
follower1234 1-Dec-2018
follower3456 2-Dec-2018
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Deleting old directory
I am trying to add a way to remove backups older than 3 days ago in my script.
See below a stripped down simplified version, which just leaves the removal part.
It was my understanding that ${...
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