Comments on: Question of the Day - 19 Sept. 2007 http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/19/question-of-the-day-19-sept-2007/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:40:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bruce http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/19/question-of-the-day-19-sept-2007/#comment-441 Bruce Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:11:41 +0000 http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/19/question-of-the-day-19-sept-2007/#comment-441 Yeah, I considered that but "went literal" on the problem. One small nit (and we are talking really, really small) is that -atime +3 looks for *greater* than 3 days so to get an inclusion of *exactly* three days I inverted the whole thing. :) Yeah, I considered that but “went literal” on the problem.

One small nit (and we are talking really, really small) is that -atime +3 looks for *greater* than 3 days so to get an inclusion of *exactly* three days I inverted the whole thing. :)

]]> By: Hieronymus http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/19/question-of-the-day-19-sept-2007/#comment-436 Hieronymus Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:02:28 +0000 http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/19/question-of-the-day-19-sept-2007/#comment-436 Yup, that's an excellent solution. I would change the -name thusly: '(' -name core -o name 'core.[0-0]*' ')' This picks up both 'core' files and core.nnnn files, which are often also generated by appending the PID (see /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern and man core(5) for more). Also, -atime +3 checks for files that haven't been accessed in 3 days. And yes, escaping the -exec command in find is a gnarly thing, something I can never keep straight! Yup, that’s an excellent solution. I would change the -name thusly:

‘(’ -name core -o name ‘core.[0-0]*’ ‘)’

This picks up both ‘core’ files and core.nnnn files, which are often also generated by appending the PID (see /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern and man core(5) for more). Also, -atime +3 checks for files that haven’t been accessed in 3 days.

And yes, escaping the -exec command in find is a gnarly thing, something I can never keep straight!

]]> By: Bruce http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/19/question-of-the-day-19-sept-2007/#comment-426 Bruce Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:12:34 +0000 http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/19/question-of-the-day-19-sept-2007/#comment-426 Depends on what you mean by "touched", but something like: find ~ -name core -type f ! -atime -3 -exec rm -f {} \; should work for everything from $HOME on down. Depending on your shell you may need to escape certain things. Depends on what you mean by “touched”, but something like:
find ~ -name core -type f ! -atime -3 -exec rm -f {} \;

should work for everything from $HOME on down.

Depending on your shell you may need to escape certain things.

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