#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Getopt::Std; use File::Find; @ARGV > 0 and getopts('a:', \my %opt) or die << "USAGE"; Deletes any old files from the directory tree(s) given and removes empty directories en passant. usage: $0 [-a maxage] directory [directory ...] -a maximum age in days, default is 120 USAGE my $max_age_days = $opt{a} || 120; find({ wanted => sub { unlink if -f $_ and -M _ > $max_age_days }, postprocess => sub { rmdir $File::Find::dir }, }, @ARGV);