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Truncate log files (Linux/Macos), requires bash
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truncate_logs.sh
#!/bin/sh
### you can add it to cron and execute on hourly/daily/weekly/monthly basis
### this script logs into cleanup_logs.log file
find /home /var/log -type f -name "*.log" -exec bash -c 'size=$(du -m "{}" | cut -f1); [ "$size" -gt 1 ] && truncate -s 1M "{}" && echo "{}"' \; >> cleanup_logs.log
echo "last started at $(date)" >> cleanup_logs.log
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