Delete files older than 'x'

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# Finds <indicated files or filetypes> OLDER THAN 45 days inside the backup dir and deletes them  #
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# Modified from https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/delete-files-older-than-x-days-on-linux/

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# To check which files will be removed, DO NOT use anything past '+45'
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#||#||#||#||# To check which files will be KEPT swap the + for a -, and DO NOT ADD '-exec rm {} \;'. #||#||#||#||#
find /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence/backups/* -mtime +45 -exec rm {} \;

#### finding all .sql files older than 45 days
find /srv/ansible_managed_backups/*.sql -mtime +45

#### finding all .zip files older than 45 days
find /srv/ansible_managed_backups/*.zip -mtime +45

##### To find all files with the extension `.tar.gz`, that are OLDER than 45 days and also return TOTAL sizes:
find /srv/ansible_managed_backups/*.tar.gz -mtime +45 | xargs du -hcs

##### To find files with name starting with <indicated below>, that are OLDER than 45 days and also return TOTAL sizes:
find /srv/ansible_managed_backups/iris_jira_home_dir* -maxdepth 0 -type d -mtime +45 | xargs du -hcs

##### To find ONLY directories with name starting with <indicated below>, that are OLDER than 45 days and also return TOTAL sizes:
find /srv/ansible_managed_backups/iris_jira_home_dir* -type d -mtime +45 | xargs du -hcs

##### To find ONLY directories with the name starting with <indicated below>, that are OLDER than 45 days
##### limiting the depth of output to the directory itself with no depth:
find /srv/ansible_managed_backups/iris_jira_home_dir* -maxdepth 0 -type d -mtime +45

######## To DELETE ONLY directories with the name starting with <indicated below>, that are OLDER than 45 days
######## limiting the depth of this removal to the directories themselves: 
find /srv/ansible_managed_backups/iris_jira_home_dir* -maxdepth 0 -type d -mtime +45 -exec rm {} \;