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Find files older than X days

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find /var/www/vhosts/example.com -type f -mtime +30 -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td  %p\n' | sort | head -100

Shows files whose last modification is older than the given number of days, with their modification date and sorted chronologically. A good preview before cleaning up old backups or logs. Output is limited to 100 lines.

Note: For the total count, run the same search without -printf and append | wc -l.

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  • linux find files older than 30 days
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$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs -mindepth 1 -type d -empty -print -delete
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Delete files older than X days

$find /var/backups/example.com -type f -name '*.tar.gz' -mtime +30 -print -delete
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Find duplicate files by checksum

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads -type f -size +0 -exec md5sum {} + | sort | uniq -w32 --all-repeated=separate
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Find empty directories

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs -mindepth 1 -type d -empty
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Find files modified between two dates

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs -type f -newermt '2026-10-01' ! -newermt '2026-10-08' -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %p\n' | sort
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Find files modified in the last minutes

$find /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs -type f -mmin -60 -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %p\n' | sort -r
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