use strict;
use warnings;

use File::Find::Rule qw( );
use POSIX            qw( strftime );

{
   my $ts = strftime('[%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S]', localtime());

   my @files = File::Find::Rule->file()
                               ->name('some_file_x')
                               ->mtime('>' . 7*24*60*60)
                               ->in('in_some_dir');

   foreach my $file (@files) {
      if (unlink($file)) {
         print("$ts Deleted $file\n");
      } else {
         print("$ts Failed to delete $file\n");
      }
   }
}

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You could limit the number of changes by having the find tool simply print out a list of filenames to delete, then pipe the result to Perl to do the unlink and print.

In reply to Re: Logging deleted files by ikegami
in thread Logging deleted files by ppantazis

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