Delete Old Files: Shell Script Guide

To delete files that are seven days old in a Shell script, you can follow these steps:

1. discover

find /path/to/files -type f -mtime +7 > /tmp/files_to_delete.txt

The directory /path/to/files is where you need to search for the files.

1. Read temporary files that contain file paths from seven days ago, and delete the files line by line. You can use the following command:

while IFS= read -r file; do
    rm "$file"
done < /tmp/files_to_delete.txt

1. Finally, remove temporary files.

rm /tmp/files_to_delete.txt

Combine the above commands into a Shell script, save and grant execute permissions, to achieve the functionality of deleting files from seven days ago.