Bash script to delete old logs - Revision history

Mflavell at 21:24, 12 December 2025

2025-12-12T21:24:55Z

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	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash

Mflavell at 21:24, 12 December 2025

2025-12-12T21:24:03Z

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	#!/bin/bash		#!/bin/bash

	# Directory to clean up (change this to the target directory)		# Directory to clean up (change this to the target directory)
	TARGET_DIR="/path/to/your/directory"		TARGET_DIR="/path/to/your/directory"

	# Find and delete files starting with wd_index older than 7 days		# Find and delete files starting with wd_index older than 7 days
	find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "log_start_*" -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;		find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "log_start_*" -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;

Mflavell: Created page with " #!/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"

2025-12-12T21:23:52Z

Created page with " #!/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"

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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