What to write synatax to delete stuff older than 8 days

[thomas130]

Hi guys I got this part from my script working that it will delete a folder is from 8 days ago

EightDaysAgo=`(date --date="8 days ago" +%d-%m-%Y)`

rm -rf $EightDaysAgoTar

However I need to remove files that are older than 8days for example if the script is'nt run for a day it will remove both the 9th and 8th day one not just the 8th day one. If I'm making any sense lol

Thanks in advanced

[Nagarjuna]

You could try the below:

find /location/of/files -type f -mtime +8 | xargs rm

The above should find all files 8 days or older in desired directory and delete them. Does this achieve what your looking to do?

[Irithori]

+1 Nagarjuna
but maybe it makes sense to include -name to not accidentally delete the wrong files.
Match the name as closely as possible.

find /location/of/files -type f -name "*.tar" -mtime +8 -delete

[clowenstein]

For the sake of your own sanity, please check the consequences of any destructive command before committing to it.

find /location/of/files -type f -name "*.tar" -mtime +8 -print