Command: find and delete log files

Command: find and delete log files - deep explanation

find $LOG_PATH -type f -mtime +60 -print -exec rm {} ;

Above command deletes log files, I did read the manual for each command but didn't understand it WELL.

Can anyone explain this in a simple explanation?

Thanks!

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

add a comment |

find $LOG_PATH -type f -mtime +60 -print -exec rm {} ;

Above command deletes log files, I did read the manual for each command but didn't understand it WELL.

Can anyone explain this in a simple explanation?

Thanks!

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

add a comment |

find $LOG_PATH -type f -mtime +60 -print -exec rm {} ;

Above command deletes log files, I did read the manual for each command but didn't understand it WELL.

Can anyone explain this in a simple explanation?

Thanks!

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

find $LOG_PATH -type f -mtime +60 -print -exec rm {} ;

Above command deletes log files, I did read the manual for each command but didn't understand it WELL.

Can anyone explain this in a simple explanation?

Thanks!

linux find logs

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

edited 10 mins ago

peterh

4,41992957

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

asked 1 hour ago

Cyril

332

add a comment |

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

$LOG_PATH is a variable that probably contains a path to search on, e.g: /home/folder1/folder2`

-type f : find only file, not folder or others

-mtime : last modified more than 60 days ago.

-print : print output of this command, should be default if not explicitly specified.

-exec rm {} ; : execute command on each line of result - separated by newline (actually on each file that this command found) that remove those files, ; is a must.

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

Thanks! But, what do you mean 60x24 hours ago? On the -mtime

– Cyril
48 mins ago

+60 means 60 days ago.

– Tuyen Pham
41 mins ago

add a comment |

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "106"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});

}
});

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2funix.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f494525%2fcommand-find-and-delete-log-files-deep-explanation%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

1 Answer
1

active

oldest

votes

$LOG_PATH is a variable that probably contains a path to search on, e.g: /home/folder1/folder2`

-type f : find only file, not folder or others

-mtime : last modified more than 60 days ago.

-print : print output of this command, should be default if not explicitly specified.

-exec rm {} ; : execute command on each line of result - separated by newline (actually on each file that this command found) that remove those files, ; is a must.

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

Thanks! But, what do you mean 60x24 hours ago? On the -mtime

– Cyril
48 mins ago

+60 means 60 days ago.

– Tuyen Pham
41 mins ago

add a comment |

$LOG_PATH is a variable that probably contains a path to search on, e.g: /home/folder1/folder2`

-type f : find only file, not folder or others

-mtime : last modified more than 60 days ago.

-print : print output of this command, should be default if not explicitly specified.

-exec rm {} ; : execute command on each line of result - separated by newline (actually on each file that this command found) that remove those files, ; is a must.

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

Thanks! But, what do you mean 60x24 hours ago? On the -mtime

– Cyril
48 mins ago

+60 means 60 days ago.

– Tuyen Pham
41 mins ago

add a comment |

$LOG_PATH is a variable that probably contains a path to search on, e.g: /home/folder1/folder2`

-type f : find only file, not folder or others

-mtime : last modified more than 60 days ago.

-print : print output of this command, should be default if not explicitly specified.

-exec rm {} ; : execute command on each line of result - separated by newline (actually on each file that this command found) that remove those files, ; is a must.

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

$LOG_PATH is a variable that probably contains a path to search on, e.g: /home/folder1/folder2`

-type f : find only file, not folder or others

-mtime : last modified more than 60 days ago.

-print : print output of this command, should be default if not explicitly specified.

-exec rm {} ; : execute command on each line of result - separated by newline (actually on each file that this command found) that remove those files, ; is a must.

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

edited 45 mins ago

Nasir Riley

2,441239

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

answered 1 hour ago

Tuyen Pham

578114

Thanks! But, what do you mean 60x24 hours ago? On the -mtime

– Cyril
48 mins ago

+60 means 60 days ago.

– Tuyen Pham
41 mins ago

add a comment |

Thanks! But, what do you mean 60x24 hours ago? On the -mtime

– Cyril
48 mins ago

+60 means 60 days ago.

– Tuyen Pham
41 mins ago

Thanks! But, what do you mean 60x24 hours ago? On the -mtime

– Cyril
48 mins ago

+60 means 60 days ago.

– Tuyen Pham
41 mins ago

add a comment |

draft saved

draft discarded

Thanks for contributing an answer to Unix & Linux Stack Exchange!

Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid …

Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here

搜尋此網誌

Sstrhsrtj