Delete old log files in Linux

To find files modified more than 5 days use -mtime +5 and files modified less than 5 days use -mtime -5


Use -ctime parameter to find out the created time



To List and Delete log files older than 10 days, execute the following commands


find /var/log/ -name *.log -mtime +10 -exec ls -tl {} \;

find /var/log/ -name *.log -mtime +10 -exec rm -f {} \;