Bash script to delete old logs
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#!/bin/bash
# Directory to clean up (change this to the target directory)
TARGET_DIR="/path/to/your/directory"
# Find and delete files starting with wd_index older than 7 days
find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "log_start_*" -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;
deletes files in TARGET_DIR that start with log_start older than 7 days
