Tagged: linux

Delete the oldest files from a folder as long as it exceeds a certain size


Samples

Note that you have to launch using “source

  • Delete the oldest files in the current folder (./) as long as it takes up more than 96MB:
    source ./clean_custom.sh --path ./ -l 9600000
  • Delete older files from temporary folder (/tmp/) as long as it takes more than 2GB:
    source ./clean_custom.sh --path /tmp/ -l 2000000000

Script source code

#!/usr/bin/env bash                                                              
PATH_TO_CLEAN=                                                                   
NUMBER_FILES_TO_DELETE_EACH_LOOP=1                                               
SIZE_LIMIT=2000000000                                                            
                                                                                 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
# usage:                                                                         
usage()                                                                          
{                                                                                
    echo "Clean directory: while size of a dir > limit, oldest files first."
    echo "Usage: ${filename} [-p|--path path] [-s|--max-size size] | [-h]"
    echo "    -p|--path: path to clean"            
    echo "    -l|--limit: max size for the folder (must be > 0)"
    echo "    -h|--help this help"                 
}                                                                                
                                                                                 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
# handling arguments:                                                            
args=("$@")                                                            
filename=$(basename -- "$0" | sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/')        
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do                                     
    case $1 in                                               
        -p | --path ) shift              
                      # stop if path doesn't exist:
                      if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
                          echo "Path not found: '$1'"
                          usage
                          return 1
                      fi
                      PATH_TO_CLEAN=$1
                      ;;
        -l | --limit ) shift             
                       SIZE_LIMIT=$(echo $1 | bc)
                       if [ $SIZE_LIMIT -le 0 ]
                       then
                           usage
                           return 1
                       fi
                       ;;
        -h | --help ) usage              
                      return
                      ;;
        * ) usage                        
            return 1 
    esac                                                     
    shift                                                    
done                                                                             
[ -z "$PATH_TO_CLEAN" ] && echo "Path empty" && usage && return 1
echo "Cleanin dir: '$PATH_TO_CLEAN', size limit=$SIZE_LIMIT" 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
# handling arguments:                                                            
while [ 1 ]                                                                      
do                                                                               
    s=$(du -sb $PATH_TO_CLEAN | cut -f1 | bc)                
    if [ $s -gt $SIZE_LIMIT ]                                
    then                                                     
        find $PATH_TO_CLEAN -type f -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
            sort -nr | \
            tail -$NUMBER_FILES_TO_DELETE_EACH_LOOP | \
            cut -d' ' -f 2- | \
            xargs -I {} rm -f {}
    else                                                     
        break                            
    fi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
done                                                                             
return 0

Python: compile and run multiple versions without collisions

You have to go find the source code for the Python version that you want.

Example, run an “old” Python 3.6, go here and take the one that we want.

Then get the source code and compile it:

mkdir ~/source ; cd ~/source
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.13/Python-3.6.13.tar.xz
tar xvf Python-3.6.13.tar.xz
cd ~/source/Python-3.6.13
./configure && make
sudo make altinstall

“Et voilà”!

~/source/Python-3.6.13$ python3.6
Python 3.6.13 (default, May 21 2021, 17:12:12) 
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>