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p1=$1
pday=$2

for f in $(ls -1 $p1)
do
  vfile=`basename $f`
  echo $vfile
  for i in `find . ! -name . -prune -type f -name $vfile -daystart -mtime +$pday`
  do
    let vctr=$vctr+1
    vfile=`basename $i`
    echo deleting aging files $vfile
    rm $vfile
  done

  if [ $vctr -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "no aging files found that are $pday days old"
  fi
done

# write a whitespace
echo

$ sh rmAgingFile.sh "file*.log" 1
file_1.log
deleting aging files file_1.log
file_2.log
deleting aging files file_2.log