Bash script to delete old logs: Difference between revisions
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(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 "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "log_start_*" -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \; deletes files in TARGET_DIR that start with log_start older than 7 days") |
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#!/bin/bash | #!/bin/bash | ||
# Directory to clean up (change this to the target directory) | # Directory to clean up (change this to the target directory) | ||
TARGET_DIR="/path/to/your/directory" | TARGET_DIR="/path/to/your/directory" | ||
# Find and delete files starting with wd_index older than 7 days | # Find and delete files starting with wd_index older than 7 days | ||
find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "log_start_*" -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \; | find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "log_start_*" -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \; | ||
Revision as of 21:24, 12 December 2025
#!/bin/bash
# Directory to clean up (change this to the target directory)
TARGET_DIR="/path/to/your/directory"
# Find and delete files starting with wd_index older than 7 days
find "$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
