How do I list all files that are older than "X" hours in Centos7 using python/bash script?

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How can I list all files that are older than "X" hours using a python script or bash script in Centos7?

Many thx!

@manu190466 what`s wrong here? ```#!/bin/bash MKIT = $(find "/home/alex/") TIME = $("-mmin +20") if [$MKIT -name -type f $TIME];then echo"Files" fi ``` — Alex Manea, May 25 '20 at 18:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 25 '20 at 17:59

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You can use the GNU find command:

find [path] -mmin +[minutes]

Example: find all the files in / older than 2 hours:

find / -mmin +120

answered May 25 '20 at 17:59

CanciuCostin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '20 at 18:51

you can use find command :

find <path> <conditions> <actions>

File type condation:

-type f            # File
-type d            # Directory
-type l            # Symlink

Access time conditions :

-atime 0           # Last accessed between now and 24 hours ago
-atime +0          # Accessed more than 24 hours ago
-atime 1           # Accessed between 24 and 48 hours ago
-atime +1          # Accessed more than 48 hours ago
-atime -1          # Accessed less than 24 hours ago (same a 0)
-ctime -6h30m      # File status changed within the last 6 hours and 30 minutes
-mtime +1w         # Last modified more than 1 week ago

Actions :

-exec rm {} \;
-print
-delete

Also you can deal with size :

-size 8            # Exactly 8 512-bit blocks 
-size -128c        # Smaller than 128 bytes
-size 1440k        # Exactly 1440KiB
-size +10M         # Larger than 10MiB
-size +2G          # Larger than 2GiB

Examples:

find . -type f ctime -6h30m # File status changed within the last 6 hours and 30 minutes

find . -type f -mtime +29 # find files modified more than 30 days ago

How do I list all files that are older than "X" hours in Centos7 using python/bash script?

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