Question

I’m writing a bash script that needs to delete old files.

It’s currently implemented using :

find $LOCATION -name $REQUIRED_FILES -type f -mtime +1 -delete 

This will delete of the files older than 1 day.

However, what if I need a finer resolution that 1 day, say like 6 hours old? Is there a nice clean way to do it, like there is using find and -mtime?

Answer 1

Does your find have the -mmin option? That can let you test the number of mins since last modification:

find $LOCATION -name $REQUIRED_FILES -type f -mmin +360 -delete 

Or maybe look at using tmpwatch to do the same job. phjr also recommended tmpreaper in the comments.