For those who have gotten into the idea of typing commands as little as possible, here’s out to pipe the output from tar straight into a gzip file. tar cvf – myfile.jpg | gzip > myfile.tar.gz tar cvf – folder | gzip > folder_backup.tar.gz Take note of the second example and notice how folder does…
Tag: bash
I found the F (-mtime +3)!
forgetting is the bane of my existence. don’t ask why. i’ve forgotten this syntax enough times that i should have it tattooed on my upper arm. in fact, I think i’ve posted it on my own site before and forgotten about that. find /path/to/files* -mtime +5 -exec rm {} \; the first argument is, of…
BASH: deleting files older than X number of days
find /path/to/folder -mtime +5 -exec rm -f {} \; A handy utility to stick into the old brain. Thank you, internet, for providing me such a vast and available resource so that I know longer have to rely on my own faculty of memory.