In this tutorial, you will learn how to find and remove large error_log files generated by your scripts, while running from a Linux platform.<\/p>\n
List the Error Log files with its disk space usage details:<\/p>\n
# find . -type f -iname error_log -exec du -sh {} \\;<\/pre>\n# find . -type f -iname error_log -delete<\/pre>\n
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:<\/p>\n
find . -type<\/span> f -name \"error_log\"<\/span> -size +1000000000c -exec<\/span> ls<\/span> -lh {} \\;<\/pre>\nExplanation of the command options:<\/p>\n
\nfind .<\/code>: start searching from the current directory (.<\/code>)<\/li>\n-type f<\/code>: only look for files (not directories)<\/li>\n-name \"error_log\"<\/code>: only consider files with the name “error_log”<\/li>\n-size +1000000000c<\/code>: only consider files that are larger than 1 GB (1,000,000,000 bytes)<\/li>\n-exec ls -lh {} \\;<\/code>: run the ls -lh<\/code> command on each file found, displaying its size in human-readable format. The {}<\/code> placeholder is replaced with the path to each file, and the \\;<\/code> is used to end the exec<\/code> command.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe ls -lh<\/code> command displays information about the files, including their size, permissions, and modification date. The -h<\/code> option makes the size human-readable, so it will show values like “1.0G” instead of “1000000000”.<\/p>\nHow to Find and Remove All the error_log Files Larger Than 1 GB<\/h3>\nfind . -type<\/span> f -name \"error_log\"<\/span> -size +1000000000c -exec<\/span> rm<\/span> {} \\;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExplanation of the command options:<\/p>\n
\nfind .<\/code>: start searching from the current directory (.<\/code>)<\/li>\n-type f<\/code>: only look for files (not directories)<\/li>\n-name \"error_log\"<\/code>: only consider files with the name “error_log”<\/li>\n-size +1000000000c<\/code>: only consider files that are larger than 1 GB (1,000,000,000 bytes)<\/li>\n-exec rm {} \\;<\/code>: run the rm<\/code> command on each file found, removing it from the file system. The {}<\/code> placeholder is replaced with the path to each file, and the \\;<\/code> is used to end the exec<\/code> command.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nNote: The rm<\/code> command permanently deletes files. Make sure you want to delete the files before running this command, as it does not send the files to the trash bin or provide any means to recover the deleted files.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTired of hassling with website issues?\u00a0 <\/span>ChemiCloud is the managed hosting solution designed to save you time and money! <\/b>\ud83e\udd13 Check out our <\/b>web hosting <\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span>plans!<\/b><\/p>\nHow to Find and Delete error_log Files using a Cron job<\/h3>\n