On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, Benedict White might have said: > You could write a bash script like this: > > #!/bin/bash > find /some/temp/dir/ -name "*" -atime 1 -delete Duh, you can also do it with mtime and not a time find $dir -mtime 1 -exec /bin/rm -f {} \; You don't have to give a name if you want all files. Mike