Question

Here is the structure of my dir:

./archive
    /sub1
        - file1
        - file2
    /sub2
        - file3
        - file4

I try with this command to find all the files that older than 6 months to delete it:

find ./archive -mindepth 1 -mtime +180 -delete

All the files and sub directory is deleted, what I want just the file1, file2, file3, file4 that delete, not include the sub1 and sub2, please advise.

Answer 1

find supports the -type option. Use that to specify regular file with f as the argument.

find ./archive -mindepth 1 -mtime +180 -delete -type f