On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 11:58:20AM +0200, Jens Grigel wrote: Hey, > # date from day before yesterday > date2comp=`date -d "2 days ago" +%Y_%m_%d > # use find to compress the logs > find /var/log/HOSTS -name "*_$date2comp" -exec bzip2 {} \; you could also use "find -mtime +2" so you don't need files with date extensions or to save you from date calculations. Regards, Gregor.