#!/bin/perl open(goners,"find . -mtime +14 -print|"); while () { chop; unlink; } #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use File::Find; use 5.010; find { no_chdir => 1, wanted => sub { unlink if -f -M > 14 } }, '.'; __END__ #### #!/bin/perl die "Usage: euthanasia directory days" unless $#ARGV == 1; ($dir, $days) = @ARGV; # assign array to list of variables die "Can't find directory $dir" unless chdir $dir; open(goners,"find . -mtime +$days -print|") || die "Can't run find"; while () { chop; unlink; } #### #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use File::Find; use File::Basename; use 5.010; BEGIN { my $name = basename $0; sub USAGE () { "Usage: $name \n" } } die USAGE unless @ARGV == 2; my ($dir, $days) = @ARGV; find { no_chdir => 1, wanted => sub { unlink if -f -M > $days } }, $dir; __END__