A simple utility for smartly purging backup directories.
Read more here: http://www.johnandcailin.com/blog/john/smartly-purge-your-old-backup-files-linux
Usage: purgeFiles [OPTION]...
-h, --help Print this help message
-a, --ages=age1,age2 Desired ages to keep (in days)
-d, --directory=dir Target directory
-p, --pattern=pattern File pattern to match
-f, --force Force deletion (no simulation mode)
e.g. purgeFiles --ages=1,2,4,40 --directory=/tmp --pattern="*.txt"
This would purge /tmp and try to keep a files ending in .txt of 40 days, 4 days, 2 days and 1 day old.
Note: this would only do a simulation run. Specify --force to actually delete the files.
Author: John Quinn, http://johnandcailin.com/john