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find /path/to/files* -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \; find . -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
# Same, but faster
find . -type f -mtime +30 -print0 | xargs -0 -n256 rm

Delete files not modified in n days

Useful for clearing out caches that aren't properly cleaned out otherwise.

# Delete files not modified in 30 days
find . -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;
# Same, but faster
find . -type f -mtime +30 -print0 | xargs -0 -n256 rm

Replace text in all files in & under the current directory

find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/old/new/g' {} \;

Find files NOT named something

# Find files matching a pattern that are NOT already compressed, then compress them
# (This particular example compresses Maildirs for use w/ dovecot's transparent decompression)
find . -type f -name '*S=*' -not -name '*.gz' -print0 | xargs -0 -P4 -n 16 zopfli -l100


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SamatsWiki: CheatSheet/GNUFind (last edited 2019-01-13 22:01:38 by SamatJain)