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In bash shell script how to assign old files in specific directory to a variable ? For example: # the following bash shell script will

In bash shell script how to assign old files in specific directory to a variable ?

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# the following bash shell script will check the trash directory and delete old files older than 7 days

find $HOME/trash/ -mtime +7 exec rm {} \;

# How ever I have another file as recovery for trash that has the same contents, so how can I assign the items deleted which are older than 7 days so I can also

delete it from another directory which is a recovery directory for the trash, assume it's called $/HOME/recovery

Q- I want to delete the same filed from two different directories how to do it in bash shell script ?

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