I have certain folders named $esnp that I would like to delete if they are 72 hours old. Can anyone help me with that?

 

Thanks

This should list matches in the current directory older than 3 days:

 

 find . -mtime +2 -name "\$esnp" -print

 

Change -print to -delete if you're absolutely sure. Test, test, test with -print to make certain.

 

Edit: (good gosh, proofread!) To delete multiple directory levels you need to work from the bottom up with the -depth option. This would do that from /var/log on down (from the bottom up):

 

 find /var/log -depth -mtime +2 -name "\$esnp" -print

 

Here's the dangerous version. It doesn't need -depth since that's implied with -delete:

 

 find /var/log -mtime +2 -name "\$esnp" -delete

 

Anywhere close?