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FedericoPonzi/samplerotate.sh

Created July 27, 2016 08:41
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A sample log rotate script, will keep the 5 newest files in this folder
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samplerotate.sh
#!/bin/bash
# 1. ls this directory
# 2. Remove from the list the 5 most recent files
# 3. Remove from the directory the remaining files.
ls | grep -v "$(ls -t | head -n 5)" | xargs -n 1 rm
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