find <directory> -ctime +5 -exec rm {} \;

(...but I still have some doubt about +5 ...)

James Melin wrote:

I am wondering what string of commands are necessary to delete all files in
a directory that were created more than 5 days previously. I know it's
gonna be a compound command and/or script but I'm not sure what exectly to
code.  Anyone have anything in their bag of tricks I could adapt?

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