del.sh

#!/bin/bash


echo "Program begins at     `date`"
echo "Parameter number is : $#"
echo ""
if [ "$#" != 1 ] ; then 
 echo "ERROR: The parameter number input is wrong! Please check it!"
 exit 1
fi


file_path=$1
file_num=0


if [ ! -d "$file_path" ] ; then
 echo "ERROR: File Path does not exist!Please check it!"
 exit 1
else
 echo "File path is: ${file_path}"
 echo ""
fi


#find_count:To canculate files numbers that you can find under the specified path
function find_count(){
if [ "$file_path" =  "" ] || [ "$file_path" =  "/" ] || [ "$file_path" =  "/root" ] ; then 
 echo "ERROR: The path input is wrong! Please check it!"
 exit 1
fi
#echo "file path is: ${file_path}"
 file_count=`find ${file_path}  -name "*.txt" -print |wc -l`
 return $file_count


}


#delete the files if it exists
find_count
file_num=$?
if [ "$file_num" -gt 0 ] ; then 
 echo "$file_num files will be deleted"
 #list the files you found
 echo "File List:"
 echo "#################################"
 find ${file_path}  -name "*.txt" -print
 echo "#################################"
 echo ""
 #find ${file_path} -name "*.txt" -mtime +2 -exec rm -f {} \
else
 echo "no file is found!"
 exit 0
fi






echo "Program Run Successfully at `date` "