$ find ~/temp -atime +15 ( -name *.bmp -o -name *.doc ) -exec echo {} ;
~/ = users home dir (not what you want, but it was here)
-atime +15 = only hits files that have not been accessed for 15 days
-o = logical or
echo = safer than rm.
{} = filename find found, formated so that it will be one parameter (spaces escaped or quoted or somehting)
= escape the next char so the shell dosn't act on it before passing it to find.
Carl K
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Schmerold" <john (at) katy D.O.T com>
To: "ProLinux Email List" <prolinux@leafe.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: [ProLinux] RegEX
> I'm trying to delete junk files from a file server with the following:
> # rm $(find /home/* | grep -i .tmp | grep WRL)
> & Due to spaces in directory names I get:
> rm: cannot remove `/home/data/WORDDATA/Sunday': No such file or directory
> rm: cannot remove `Bulletin/2002': No such file or directory
> rm: cannot remove `Bulletins/~WRL3734.tmp': No such file or directory
>
> A find gives me:
> # find /home/* | grep -i .tmp | grep WRL
> /home/data/WORDDATA/Sunday Bulletin/2002 Bulletins/~WRL3734.tmp
>
> I must be missing something simple. What is it?
>
>
[excessive quoting removed by server]
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