Re: [Nolug] Getting rid of old files

On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 10:34, Petri Laihonen wrote:
> A while back I saw a one line command of deleting files based on the age of
> the file. I don't remember whether it was on the list, or somewhere on the
> web. This morning I tried to find one from the web, but yielded only
> scripts. I'd prefer the one liner.
>
> Anybody remember if it was on the list (which post?), or if somebody could
> post an example of this sort of command combination?

The VMS DELETE command has this option:
$ DELE/BEFORE="15-JAN-2004 18:05" *.FOO

Is that something like what you want?

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