Re^2: File not found error

Hi aitap

I want one liner command to delete non empty directories older than days. So tried of find command. I want to pass the path name and no of days through a find command. I searched hardly I couldnt find anything.

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Re^3: File not found error by aitap (Curate) on Oct 11, 2012 at 15:44 UTC
man find: `SYNOPSIS find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-D debugopts] [-Olevel] [path...] [express +ion] <...> find: paths must precede expression` [download] So, first, move all your paths to search into before any expressions. Next, replace `-exec rm -rf {} ;` with `-ls` in order to debug your expression and make sure it finds only what you want to delete. Next, run and check that your command runs and returns expected results. Finally, move `-exec rm -rf {} ;` back in its place. You can also use find2perl to make a Perl program from `find` expression or start manually using File::Find instead. Sorry if my advice was wrong.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: File not found error
by aitap (Curate) on Oct 11, 2012 at 15:44 UTC

man find:

SYNOPSIS
       find [-H] [-L] [-P] [-D debugopts] [-Olevel] [path...] [express
+ion]
<...>
       find: paths must precede expression
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-exec rm -rf {} ;

-ls

-exec rm -rf {} ;

You can also use find2perl to make a Perl program from find expression or start manually using File::Find instead.

Sorry if my advice was wrong.

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