delete_logs.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# script to remove old files

# The folder path where the log files are
folder_path=/var/log/apache2/

# The location of where I want my script to log what it has done
log_of_files=/home/fongo/files_deleted.log

# Outputting the systems current date/time and then a line of hyphens into the log file
date >> $log_of_files
echo "---" >> $log_of_files

# Outputs the files that the find command finds and store them on the log_of_file file
# These will be the files that bash script will delete
# modification time greater than 100 days
find $folder_path -mtime +100 -name "*.gz" >> $log_of_files

# This line will delete the files
find $folder_path -mtime +100 -name "*.gz" -delete

# Adds another line of hyphens to the log file
echo "--- " >> $log_of_files

Review

When copy this script, check and modify it as you require. Double check every line before run it.

Make the file executable

sudo chmod u+x delete_logs.sh

Run file

./delete_logs.sh