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Delete files older than 3 months by parsing dates in filename
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
# Simple script to delete files older than 3 months. | |
# Usage: ./clean.py <path-of-dir-to-clean> | |
import os | |
import sys | |
import re | |
import datetime | |
from datetime import datetime as dt | |
from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta | |
monitor_dir = sys.argv[1] | |
today = datetime.datetime.now() | |
delete_policy_date = today + relativedelta(months=-3) # Getting the date of 3 months ago | |
print("Cleaning: " + monitor_dir) | |
# Using path walking from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18394147/recursive-sub-folder-search-and-return-files-in-a-list-python | |
result = [os.path.join(dp, f) for dp, dn, filenames in os.walk( | |
monitor_dir) for f in filenames if os.path.splitext(f)[1] == '.csv'] | |
# Parsing for date and deleting based on parsed date. | |
for name in result: | |
date = re.search("([0-9]{4}\-[0-9]{2}\-[0-9]{2})", name).group() | |
print(date) | |
if dt.strptime(date, "%Y-%m-%d") < delete_policy_date: | |
print("[DEBUG] Deleting file: ", name) | |
os.remove(name) |
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