How To Find & Remove Large Error_log Files In Linux

How To Find Error_log Files In Linux

List the Error Log files with its disk space usage details:

# find . -type f -iname error_log -exec du -sh {} \;

• type : Specify the type to find.
• iname: Specify the name to find.
• exec: Execute the “du -sch” and lists the output with file size.

How To Find And Delete Error_log Files In Linux

# find . -type f -iname error_log -delete

• delete: This switch removes the outputs from the find command.

How To Find All The Error_log Files Larger Than 1 GB

To find all the error_log files larger than 1 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes) in the current directory and its subdirectories, you can use the following command:

find . -type f -name "error_log" -size +1000000000c -exec ls -lh {} \;

Explanation of the command options:

• find .: start searching from the current directory (.)
• -type f: only look for files (not directories)
• -name "error_log": only consider files with the name “error_log”
• -size +1000000000c: only consider files that are larger than 1 GB (1,000,000,000 bytes)
• -exec ls -lh {} \;: run the ls -lhcommand on each file found, displaying its size in human-readable format. The {}placeholder is replaced with the path to each file, and the \; is used to end the execcommand.

The ls -lh command displays information about the files, including their size, permissions, and modification date. The -h option makes the size human-readable, so it will show values like “1.0G” instead of “1000000000”.

How To Find And Remove All The Error_log Files Larger Than 1 GB

find . -type f -name "error_log" -size +1000000000c -exec rm {} \;

How To Find And Delete Error_log Files Using A Cron Job

If you want to automatically remove all the error_log files which are being generated, you can achieve this by setting up a cron job.

The command that the cron job should execute is:

/bin/find /home/user -type f -iname error_log -delete

Example: 0 * * * * /bin/find /home/eatat/ -type f -iname error_log -delete