Linux: Find and Delete Files with Modification Time Older Than 30 Days

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In this tutorial, we will introduce how to delete files with modification time is older than 30 days in linux.

Linux: Find and Delete Files with Modification Time Older Than 30 Days

The delete command is:

find /path/to/ -type f -mtime +30 -name '*.log' -exec rm -f {} \;

You should notice:

find: find command is used to find files/directories/links and etc

/path/to/: the directory to start your search in

-type f: only find files

-name ‘*.log’: list files that ends with .log

-mtime +30: only consider the ones with modification time older than 30 days