Delete all files 7 days old within a directory

This will delete all files and directories old than 7 days within /tmp or other directory you specify, it will only look for files within that directory and not sub-directories.

find /tmp/ -maxdepth 1 -mtime +7 -exec rm -rf {} ;

• -maxdepth mean how deep to look for files.
• -mtime means the modified time.

This will list all the files that the first command would have deleted without actually deleting the files.

find /tmp/ -maxdepth 1 -mtime +7

Be very careful with the first command, it could render your system useless and delete other files. Do not use “/tmp/.*”, it could delete files outside of your directroy.