purge-old-files 1.3.0

Description:

purgeoldfiles 1.3.0

Simple tool to delete old files using a set of contraints.
If --include if used,
only files matching the provided glob pattern are considered.
This option can be used multiple times.
By default, all files are considered.

Usage
$ purge-old-files -h
usage: purge-old-files [-h] [--debug | --quiet] [--syslog] [--dry-run]
[--include PATTERN] [--exclude PATTERN]
MIN_AGE [DIRECTORY [DIRECTORY ...]]

positional arguments:
MIN_AGE Minimum age of files
DIRECTORY Directory or glob pattern to be scanned (multiple
directories can be provided)

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--debug, -D Show debug messages
--quiet, -q Only show warning messages
--syslog, -s Send log messages to /dev/log instead of stdout
--dry-run, -d Show which files should be deleted
--include PATTERN, -i PATTERN
Include only files matching pattern
--exclude PATTERN, -e PATTERN
Exclude files matching pattern

# Purge *.log files in /logs when they are older than 3 days
$ purge-old-files --include '*.log' 3d /logs

# Delete files from /backup when they are older than 1 week
$ purge-old-files 1w /backup

# Show which files from /backup are older than 3 months
$ purge-old-files --dry-run 3M /backup


File minimum age
Supported units:

s: seconds
m: minutes
h: hours
d: days
w: weeks
M: months (30 days)
y: years (365 days)



Installation
$ pip install purge-old-files


Requirements

Python 3.x



FAQ

Do you know you can do this with a simple shell script using find?
Yep. I wrote those for years. They are also painful to maintain.
And error prone. Feel free to use a shell script. :)