Need more coffee. ls -1tr - 1 entry per line, t ime order, r eversed.
3rd time lucky? On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:04:37 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
