Re: search folder and delete certain files with perl

Maybe just use the system tool?

$ find /var/opt/xim/syslogs -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "Syslogd*" -mtim
+e +0.5 -delete
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(Run without -delete first, to make sure you picked the right files!!)

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Re^2: search folder and delete certain files with perl by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Dec 08, 2011 at 22:23 UTC
Yup... what came to my mind right away was `find` and maybe also `xargs`. (Both in a Unix/Linux environment.)