Recursively delete files in directory

Question

How do I recursively delete files in directory that were modified more than 6 hours ago?

This example work for 1 day:

find /data2/input -type f -mtime +1 -delete -print

See: [-mtime FIles older than 1 hour](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/543946/mtime-files-older-than-1-hour) — slhck, Nov 17 '11 at 11:43

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '11 at 13:59

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Use -mmin instead of mtime. It will allow you to specify the number of minutes since the files was last modified. So for files older than 6 hours:

find /data2/input -type f -mmin +360 -delete -print

answered Nov 17 '11 at 13:59

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '11 at 11:44

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Check the flags -cmin or -mmin in the manual page.

answered Nov 17 '11 at 11:44

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Recursively delete files in directory

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