Cronjob created so many files that can't be easily deleted

[Okwunna Anyaeji]

Dear sir
I have my file manager filled with autocreated cronjob files of upto millions and I can't delete them because no computer have been able to load them so it can be deleted.
Please I want to know if there is a way to make the file manager home of the Cpanel to load in batches of 1-100, 101-500, 501-1000 etc so it could be easier for me to access the bulky files and delete them to free my system memory. Or is there any automatic way of deleting these files.

Pls I really need to clear it. Thank you very much.

 

[GOT]

Do you have shell access? That would be the easiest/fastest way to delete them. You'll need to use the find command.

find ./ -name "startofname*" -delete

Otherwise you can ask your host to do this for you.

And I would change your cronjob. I'm guessing you are using wget which sames the file. Would start like this

wget -O /dev/null -o /dev/null

 

[cPanelLauren]

There isn't a way to have the file manager load as you're requesting and the suggestion by @GOT would be the best solution to remove these.

 

[Okwunna Anyaeji]

Please how to I use the "Find command"? I have tried to look for how to do it but couldn't, and my hosting company says they are busy and can't do that for me.

Please I need step by step guide on how to do it so I can handle it on my own. Thank you very much.

 

[cPanelLauren]

Hello

@GOT provided the specific command that would be used to do this, you should be able to run in from terminal within cPanel/WHM

 

[Okwunna Anyaeji]

Thank you very much for your reply, but this is all I see in the Advance part of the Home

 

[Okwunna Anyaeji]

Oh... Thank you very much... I have now seen what you were talking about



I have contacted my host to enable it for me.... Thank you so much for your help... I really appreciate.