find <ROOT_SEARCH_DIR> -name “<WILDCARD_FILNAME>” -mtime <DAYS SINCE LAST MODIFIED> -type f -exec rm -f {} \; e.g: find /home/users/svollett/test_purge -name “FILE_A*.txt” -mtime -1 -type f -exec rm -f {} \;

Use CUBE and ROLLUP to calculate aggregates at many levels in one statement: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25554/aggreg.htm#DWHSG8613 ROLLUP example ============== SELECT channel_desc, calendar_month_desc, countries.country_iso_code, TO_CHAR(SUM(amount_sold), ‘9,999,999,999’) SALES$ FROM sales, customers, times, channels, countries WHERE sales.time_id=times.time_id AND sales.cust_id=customers.cust_id AND customers.country_id = countries.country_id AND sales.channel_id= …

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set serveroutput on; alter session enable parallel dml; –NB: not possible within partition or on non-partitioned table for delete/update/merge operations alter session set nls_date_format=’yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss’; select sysdate as script_start from dual; <STUFF> select to_char(sysdate, ‘YYYY/MM/DD HH:mi:ss’) as script_end from dual;