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nuke directories by date threshold
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nuke_by_date_threshold.sh
#credit:- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33091013/delete-files-older-than-specific-date-in-linux
#example:- nuke all files created before jan 1 2017,
touch -t 201701010000 /tmp/2017-Jan-01-0000
find `pwd` -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -newer /tmp/2017-Jan-01-0000 -exec rm -rf "{}" \
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