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== Find largest files in given location ==
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=== Find largest files in given location ===
 
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find /home/tecmint/Downloads/ -type f -exec du -Sh {} + | sort -rh | head -n 5
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# find /home/devops/Downloads/ -type f -exec du -Sh {} + | sort -rh | head -n 5
 
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== Delete files older then X hours ==
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=== List and sort files or folders with find ===
 
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find <location> -name <file_pattern> -type f -mmin +360 -delete
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# find . -type d -ls | sort -n -r
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# find . -type f -ls | sort -n -r
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=== Delete files older then X hours ===
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# find /backup -name *.log -type f -mmin +360 -delete
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=== Delete files older then 30 days ===
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# find /backup -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;
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=== Use find to notify via email on recently changed files ===
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# find ./*.log -type f -mmin -360 | xargs -n 1 -I % sh -c 'mail -s "MY LOG FILE - %" [email protected]  < %'
 
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Latest revision as of 18:26, 8 October 2020

Find largest files in given location

# find /home/devops/Downloads/ -type f -exec du -Sh {} + | sort -rh | head -n 5

List and sort files or folders with find

# find . -type d -ls | sort -n -r
# find . -type f -ls | sort -n -r

Delete files older then X hours

# find /backup -name *.log -type f -mmin +360 -delete

Delete files older then 30 days

# find /backup -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm -f {} \;

Use find to notify via email on recently changed files

# find ./*.log -type f -mmin -360 | xargs -n 1 -I % sh -c 'mail -s "MY LOG FILE - %" [email protected]  < %'