#!/bin/sh # Deletes log files older than 7 days from ~/.local/var/log # Services (hyprland, waybar, dunst, hypridle, gammastep) create a new # timestamped log file per session. Without cleanup these accumulate. # # Uses the date embedded in filenames (service-YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.log) # rather than mtime, because long-running sessions keep mtime fresh # even on old log files. # # Intended to run daily via crontab. LOG_DIR="$HOME/.local/var/log" DAYS=7 [ -d "$LOG_DIR" ] || exit 0 cutoff=$(date -d "$DAYS days ago" +%Y%m%d) for f in "$LOG_DIR"/*.log; do [ -f "$f" ] || continue # Extract YYYY-MM-DD from filename, or fall back to an embedded # _<10-digit-epoch>_ (used by hyprland-runtime logs which lack a # human-readable date in the filename). Skip files with neither. name=$(basename "$f") filedate=$(echo "$name" | grep -oP '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}' | head -1) if [ -z "$filedate" ]; then epoch=$(echo "$name" | grep -oP '_\K[0-9]{10}(?=_)' | head -1) [ -n "$epoch" ] && filedate=$(date -d "@$epoch" +%Y-%m-%d 2>/dev/null) fi [ -n "$filedate" ] || continue # Skip files still being written to (modified in the last 24h). # This prevents deleting active logs from long-running sessions. [ -n "$(find "$f" -maxdepth 0 -mtime 0)" ] && continue # Compare as integers: YYYYMMDD filedate_num=$(echo "$filedate" | tr -d '-') if [ "$filedate_num" -lt "$cutoff" ]; then rm -f "$f" fi done