I wanted to edit an existing shell script that I have that will delete only the *.log files older than 7 days. My existing script will delete all files older than 7 days. It is as follows:

# Oracle Archive Log Clean-up Process
#
PATH=.:/usr/local/bin:$PATH
ORACLE_SID=$1
ORAENV_ASK=NO
export PATH ORACLE_SID ORAENV_ASK
. /usr/local/bin/oraenv
#
echo "Starting Oracle Archive Log Clean-up Process"
cd /u01/app/oracle/product/ora10g/dbs
echo "Files being deleted ..."
find . -mtime +7 print
find . -mtime +7 -exec rm {} \;
echo "done ... Oracle Archive Log Clean-up Process"

Why? I have other files other than *.log files in this directory. Running the script would delete files that I need because it doesn't discrimate against the file type.

Hi,

How do you expect 'find' to discriminate in filetypes? To accomplish that and to exclude directories with the same extension use:Regards

Thank you very much for your reply. This is exactly what I needed.