From b1fd2d4c012b11e955ebd7dce9a84c5ed9a1cfb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Marco Cadetg (aider)" <cadetg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 16:53:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: Add bash script to clear old logs

---
 scripts/clear_old_logs.sh | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/clear_old_logs.sh

diff --git a/scripts/clear_old_logs.sh b/scripts/clear_old_logs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb3c98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clear_old_logs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to empty the logs directory except for the last (most recent) log file.
+
+LOG_DIR="logs"
+
+# Check if the log directory exists
+if [ ! -d "$LOG_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Log directory '$LOG_DIR' not found."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Change to the log directory to make file operations simpler
+cd "$LOG_DIR" || exit 1
+
+# Count the number of files in the directory
+# Using find to correctly handle filenames with spaces or special characters
+# and to only count regular files (-type f) directly in this directory (-maxdepth 1)
+num_files=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -print | wc -l)
+
+if [ "$num_files" -le 1 ]; then
+    echo "No old log files to remove (found $num_files file(s))."
+    # Change back to the original directory before exiting
+    cd - > /dev/null
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# List all files, sort by modification time (newest first), then skip the first one (the newest)
+# and pass the rest to xargs for deletion.
+# `ls -t` sorts by modification time.
+# `tail -n +2` skips the first line.
+# `xargs -d '\n'` handles filenames with spaces.
+files_to_delete=$(ls -t | tail -n +2)
+
+if [ -n "$files_to_delete" ]; then
+    echo "Removing the following old log files:"
+    # Loop through files to print them before deleting
+    echo "$files_to_delete" | while IFS= read -r file_to_delete; do
+        echo " - $file_to_delete"
+    done
+    # Actual deletion
+    echo "$files_to_delete" | xargs -d '\n' rm -f
+    
+    # Count how many were actually passed to xargs (can be tricky if names have newlines)
+    # A simpler way is to count lines from the `files_to_delete` variable
+    num_deleted=$(echo "$files_to_delete" | wc -l)
+    echo "Successfully removed $num_deleted old log file(s)."
+else
+    echo "No old log files to remove."
+fi
+
+# Change back to the original directory
+cd - > /dev/null
+exit 0