Remove files in subdirectories older than 1 day with Linux command

bash, linux, rm

Solution

No, `rm` without the `-r` flag does not remove directories.

It looks like you want to add some more filters:

- `-type f` to match only files

- `-name '*.jpeg'` to match only files ending with `.jpeg`

Lastly, instead of `-exec rm {} \;`, you could use the much simpler `-delete`.

Putting it together, this looks more appropriate for you:

find /path/to/files* -mtime +1 -type f -name '*.jpeg' -delete

Problem

I am honestly nowhere near to be a decent bash scripter, but I made a little research and found a command that seems to be useful ``` find /path/to/files* -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \; ``` The question is if this line will remove directories? Because I want to only remove files that are images (actually in a *.jpeg format)

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