05-06-2018
bdittmar gave you the "standard" way to proceed in such case, only if what I see is what I think in your copy/paste of command result, I understand you cannot use the timestamp, is that so?
In which case its more based on the directory name itself, which seems to me quite easy:
Ever thought of using it it as an integer,?
Use the highest value and substract 70 ( a quick guess...) giving the reference value: anything smaller be a candidate for removal...
My 2 cents
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
backup-manager-purge [TTL] <options>
DESCRIPTION
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REQUIRED ARGS
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OPTIONAL ARGS
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A file containing a list of archives to parse, one archive per line. If this option is not used, STDIN will be used for catching the
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RETURN
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ERROR CODES
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