[LEFT]There is a system logging a huge amount of data and we need to delete some of the older logs .I mean the files that are created before one week from today. Here is a listing of files that are sitting there:
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/usr/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
# ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 3740694 May 03 13:14 eFlow.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 2863367 Feb 17 23:59 eFlow.log2009-02-17
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7089482 Feb 18 23:59 eFlow.log2009-02-18
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7092836 Feb 19 23:59 eFlow.log2009-02-19
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7066516 Feb 20 23:59 eFlow.log2009-02-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7565633 Feb 21 23:59 eFlow.log2009-02-21
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7208210 Feb 27 23:59 eFlow.log2009-02-27
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7923604 Feb 28 23:59 eFlow.log2009-02-28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7092836 Mar 01 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-01
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 9994678 Mar 02 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-02
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7542130 Mar 03 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-03
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7091377 Mar 04 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-04
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6249702 Mar 06 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-06
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7046123 Mar 07 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-07
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7085965 Mar 08 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-08
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7088620 Mar 09 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-09
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7088620 Mar 10 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7077497 Mar 11 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6585525 Mar 13 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-13
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7027121 Mar 14 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7087194 Mar 15 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-15
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7087194 Mar 16 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7082678 Mar 17 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-17
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7087194 Mar 18 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-18
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 44349749 Mar 19 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-19
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 9859356 Mar 20 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 10412244 Mar 21 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-21
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 8315508 Mar 22 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-22
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7092836 Mar 23 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-23
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 8212466 Mar 24 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7637270 Mar 25 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-25
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 43091141 Mar 26 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-26
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7350430 Mar 27 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-27
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7062982 Mar 28 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7092836 Mar 29 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-29
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7598982 Mar 30 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7358271 Mar 31 23:59 eFlow.log2009-03-31
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7088996 Apr 01 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-01
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 42804120 Apr 02 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-02
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 8162814 Apr 03 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-03
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 10470761 Apr 04 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-04
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 10512896 Apr 05 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-05
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 44687293 Apr 06 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-06
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7090632 Apr 07 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-07
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 8356189 Apr 08 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-08
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 46229290 Apr 09 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-09
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6170341 Apr 10 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-10
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7048246 Apr 11 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7091275 Apr 12 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7092836 Apr 13 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-13
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7250532 Apr 14 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-14
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6723072 Apr 15 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-15
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 43798773 Apr 16 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6626049 Apr 17 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-17
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6658579 Apr 18 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-18
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6721511 Apr 19 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-19
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 18957673 Apr 20 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6721511 Apr 21 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-21
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7717785 Apr 22 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-22
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 42807804 Apr 23 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-23
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7029300 Apr 24 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6677253 Apr 25 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-25
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7184666 Apr 26 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-26
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6835662 Apr 27 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-27
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 2408802 Apr 28 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-28
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 6774561 Apr 29 23:59 eFlow.log2009-04-29
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 73019 Apr 30 00:18 eFlow.log2009-04-30
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 39808025 May 02 23:59 eFlow.log2009-05-02
To delete files older than 7 days
find $PATH -mtime +7 -type f -exec rm -f {} \;
Many thanks man.
Please help me again . I don't know what is the whole contents of the shell script file .
The path of the files that I want to delete is :
/usr/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
Thanks again.
replace $PATH with your path.
you can also use xargs. This will improve performance when dealing with large number of files.
find /usr/WebSphere/AppServer/logs -type f -name "*.log* -mtime +7 -print | xargs rm -f
cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
just to correct the typo in devtakh's solution ...