in reply to removing old dirs

You can find all the examples you want if you search (How to RTFM).

(search words, links work)
remove directory (a direct hit) => Remove Directory

old dir => Finding oldest file in directory Print the oldest file in a directory., Clear out old files in a directory, How to get the oldest file in a directory without reading all files?.

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