finding
The UNIX Forums - Searching for files over 30 days old in current directory
find . \( ! -name . -prune \) -mtime 30
or this one
cd /path/directory
find . -mtime +29 -print | xargs ls -d
this lists all files in a directory older than 29 days - so you know whether you want to delete or not!
from http://www.unix.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7388
maybe I need to not put these on the main webpage.... cause I know these types of links have got to be boring.
http://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=13863 - helping with find
http://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=16600 - a page of unix how-tos
http://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=13774 - unix tutorials/programming tutorials etc.