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delete line(s) from file after certain # of days ?

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can someone post an example of code that will delete lines after a certain number of days ? lets say 5

thank you. i'm still new to perl programming
 
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Only if each line in your file has some kind of timestamp... Or all lines need to be deleted (in which case you could use the modify time of the file itself).

More info required I think.

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