Sorry, that should be ls -ltr to put them in reverse time order. Of course, you can use ls -lt and head as an alternative (:
Steve On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:03:13 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ls -1r | tail -n xxx | xargs rm -f > > should do it ( or similar - the tail -n syntax varies over different versions > of linux to check ). However, why not just put them in subdirectories unique > to the day. Much simpler, and could be a lot more efficient if you're talking > a lot of files. > > Steve > > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:55:22 +1200 > Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, I have a bash script that functions very well backing up a bunch of > > folders on a few machines. Each day's files are unique so after a > > couple of weeks the drive storing them fills. I have no need to retain > > the oldest files as they are regularly put on DVD and stored elsewhere, > > with a separate weekly or monthly archiving system to a different machine. > > > > How can I, via the script, delete the oldest x files in a folder? > > Trivial task in konqueror, somewhat problematic when I forget though . . . > > > > Cheers, > > Roger
