https://github.com/sixarm/log-file-cleaning
Log file cleaning script that deletes old files and logrotate files
https://github.com/sixarm/log-file-cleaning
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Log file cleaning script that deletes old files and logrotate files
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sixarm/log-file-cleaning
- Owner: SixArm
- Created: 2016-08-27T21:01:12.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-14T08:45:27.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-22T13:06:23.967Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: log, logrotate, script, shell, sysadmin
- Language: Shell
- Size: 6.84 KB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 3
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Codeowners: CODEOWNERS
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README
# Log file cleaning script
This script deletes typical old log files,
logrotate files, and similar log backups.
Please be certain you don't need
these log files before you run this.
Syntax:
log-file-cleaning [path]
Example:
log-file-cleaning /var/log
The path default is `/var/log` which is typical on popular Unix systems.
You can customize the command by providing your own `rm` command
as an environment variable.
Example:
rm="/bin/rm" log-file-cleaning
## Specifics
This removes many kinds of log files.
File names that end with:
* .bz2
* .gz
* .old
* .bak
* .backup
* .log.[0-9]*
* .[0-9]*.log
File names that match:
* btmp.[0-9]*
* dmesg.[0-9]*
* mail.err.[0-9]*
* syslog.[0-9]*
* wtmp.[0-9]*
* xferlog.[0-9]*
Any `atop` files.
* atop/atop_[0-9]*
Any Mac OSX Apple System Log files:
* asl/*.asl
* DiagnosticMessages/*.asl
## Implementation notes
This script aims to work even when a disk is full or commands are missing.
For example, this scripts starts by deleting files one name by one name,
rather than relying on more-sophisticated file globbing or using `find`.
This script source code aims to be descriptive and meaningful,
so a systems administrator can easily comment out lines as needed,
or add new lines easily without affecting any other lines.
If you are a developer who is creating a patch or pull request,
please keep this code pattern, rather than trying to introduce
features such as more globbing, loops, non-POSIX commands, etc.
## Tracking
* Command: log-file-cleaning
* Version: 3.0.0
* Created: 2012-12-09
* Updated: 2016-08-27
* Contact: Joel Parker Henderson (joel@joelparkerhenderson.com)
* License: GPL