Delete all files via mv date?

Question

Everyday new audio files are created in dir1.

Sometime I move (mv) some files from dir1 to dir2

I want to delete all the files in dir2 that was moved before 20th June

Is this possible?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 03 '12 at 12:43

I don't agree with first answer: it seems it's possible. mv preserves mtime (modification time), but it changes ctime (change time). So it's should be possible to archieve this by doing find dir2 -ctime +30 -delete (or whatever other expression with ctime).

PS: and don't forget to double-check your command by running it with -print instead of -delete :)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 03 '12 at 11:20

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No, this isn't possible, because mv preserves the original mtime of the file when it's moved, so there's no record (within the file metadata) of when a file was moved.

answered Jul 03 '12 at 11:20

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