How to find both files and folders that are used in some process?

Question

I want to delete files and folders older than 15 days.

But Before deletion I want to check that those file and folders shouldn't use anywhere. How can i do that ?

is ps -ef works for this ?

You can use the `find` command for that. Take a look at its "man page": `man find` That explains all the options available. — arkascha, May 29 '15 at 09:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '15 at 09:47

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Using the find command:

find /path/to/folder -type f -mtime +15 -delete

answered May 29 '15 at 09:47

AJW

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`find /path/to/folder -type f -mtime +15 -delete -o -type d -mtime +15 -exec rmdir {} \;` does everything in one command. – Phylogenesis May 29 '15 at 09:52

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