logclean1.sh

# it removes entries older than 7 days from most common log files - having to add in qmail
# and other formats also and have it run from a cron job.

skiplog="access_log  error_log bruteforceip rkhunter.log rkhunter.log.old anaconda.log brcm-iscsi.log datec2.sh datec.sh anaconda.syslog lastlog btmp dmesg lastlog mysqld.log rpmpkgs tallylog tallylog xferlog"

pathto="$?"
logfiles="${?}*"
match="0"

for d in $logfiles; do
for c in $skiplog;do
    echo "checking for matches of $c and $d"
    b=`echo $d | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{ print $3 }'`
    echo "$d $c $b"
    if [ "$c" == "$b" ];then
        echo "skipping $b"
        match="1"
        break
    else
        match="0"
    fi
done

    if [ $match == "0" ];then
        echo "processing $d"
        while read line; do
            date=`echo $line | awk '{ print $2 }'`
            curdate=`date | awk '{ print $3 }'`
            let "num1=10#${date}"
            let "num2=10#${curdate}"

            if [ $num1 != "" ]; then
                math=$(( $num1 + 7 ))
                if [ $num1 == $num2 ] || [ $math -gt $num2 ];then
                        echo $line >> ${d}.tmp
                        echo $line
                fi
                if [ -e ${d}.tmp ];then
                        mv ${d}.tmp ${d}
                fi
            fi
        done < $d
        match=0
        fi
done