Minimalist bash script for cleaning downloads folder on a mac. Logs which were files deleted. Configured for deleting files older than 7 days. Call from crontab to automate. Use at own risk.

roombaroo.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Cleans a mac computer directory when called from crontab
#
#Author: Andrew Wade
#Date: 20170125 
#Last modified: yyyymmdd

TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")

DIR="$HOME/Downloads/"
LOGFILE="$HOME/roombaroo.log"

echo "Cleanup script run $TIMESTAMP on folder $DIR" >>${LOGFILE}

find $DIR* -type f -ctime +7 -print0 | xargs -0 rm -v >> ${LOGFILE}  
find $DIR. -empty -type d -delete

echo "------------------ Script finished -----------------" >>${LOGFILE}