{"id":2180,"date":"2017-12-07T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=2180"},"modified":"2021-02-27T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:29:15","slug":"create-a-script-havent-been-accessed-for-a-week-then-delete-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/create-a-script-havent-been-accessed-for-a-week-then-delete-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a script haven\u2019t been accessed for a week, then delete them"},"content":{"rendered":"

rajeshkumar created the topic: Create a script haven\u2019t been accessed for a week, then delete them<\/strong>
\nCreate a script for a cronjob that checks a special directory for files with the extension .tmp that haven\u2019t been accessed for a week, then delete them. Also remove all empty directories.<\/p>\n

#!\/bin\/bash<\/p>\n

usage()
\n{
\necho \"Usage: $0 [-d Valid Directory] [-e Valid File extension] [-a Access time in a day]\" 1>&2;
\nexit 1;
\n}<\/p>\n

while getopts \":d:e:a:\" o; do
\n case \"${o}\" in
\n d)
\n\t d=${OPTARG}
\n\t if [ ! -d \"$d\" ]; then
\n\t \techo \"Directory $d not found\"
\n\t \tusage
\n\t\tfi
\n ;;
\n e)
\n\t e=${OPTARG}
\n\t echo \"Passed file extension is $e\"
\n ;;
\n\ta)
\n\t a=${OPTARG}
\n\t echo \"Passed number of days for access is $a\"
\n ;;
\n *)
\n usage
\n ;;
\n esac
\ndone
\nshift $((OPTIND-1))<\/p>\n

# for Debug for output
\necho \"Directory is $d\"
\necho \"File extension is $e\"
\necho \"Accessed time is $a\"<\/p>\n

# Based on Inputs, this will find the specified file and delete it found accessed according to parameters
\n#find $d -iname \"*$e\" -atime -$a -type f -print0
\n#find \/root\/raj -iname \"*.txt\" -atime -1 -type f -print0<\/p>\n

find $d -iname \"*$e\" -atime -$a -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf<\/p>\n

# This can be used as well but xargs would be faster for large file sets.
\n# find $d -iname \"*$e\" -atime -$e -type f | exec rm {} \\;<\/p>\n

# To Remove the empty directory
\nfind $d -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \\;<\/p>\n

if [ -z \"${d}\" ] || [ -z \"${e}\" ] || [ -z \"${a}\" ]; then
\n usage
\nfi
\n <\/code><\/p>\n

Regards,
\nRajesh Kumar
\nTwitt me @ twitter.com\/RajeshKumarIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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