How to move files older than X to another folder?

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How do I move files older than 30 days from folder /storage/current/dbdumps/ to /storage/archive/dbdumps?

I tried:

find /storage/current/dbdumps/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec mv '{}' /storage/archive/dbdumps \;

but seems invalid in Ubuntu 11.04.

what is the error message?
– enzotib
Nov 19, 2011 at 10:53 — enzotib, Nov 19, 2011 at 10:53

lpanebr · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-19 11:51:22Z

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The command seems ok and in my 11.10 it works. Haven't you missed the trailing slash in the destination folder?

find /storage/current/dbdumps/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec mv '{}' /storage/archive/dbdumps/ \;

Other thing you may try is using /bin/mv insted of just mv.

answered Nov 19, 2011 at 11:51

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Salem · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-01 22:10:03Z

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You can try this version (works in 11.10, i guess it will work in other versions too :) ):

find /storage/current/dbdumps/ -type f -mtime +30 -print | xargs -I {} mv "{}" /storage/archive/dbdumps

answered Nov 19, 2011 at 11:42

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You should use quotation around {} after mv, as files may or may not contain spaces etc. I would have piped the findings to xargs -I{} mv "{}" /storage/archive/dbdumps/
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