Deleting files older than X on Linux

The following is handy if you need to delete files older than X on a Linux server. I like to run the find command first before actually moving or deleting the files. Just to make sure the files I want to remove are returned from the find command.

find /fullpath -mtime +4 -ls

The -ls flag will list out the details of the file so you can verify that the mtime parameter returns the right files.

find /fullpath -mtime +4 -ls -exec mv {} /destination ;

After you verify that the find command returns the files you want then you are ready to use the -exec flag on the find command to actually execute the move/delete. I also like to use full path here on the find command, just to make sure I move the right files.