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# [Cron Jobs to Delete Files after 'X' days](https://adamchemiron.com/cron-jobs-to-delete-files-after-x-days?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What are cron jobs? The act of manually going through your files and deleting them can be very tedious. What if there was a simpler way to automate this process? Cue in cron jobs. Cron is a utility program that lets users input commands for schedulin...

May 23, 2022 · 3 min read · adamchemiron.com  
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