new daterake

files/daterake

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import argparse
-import glob
 import json
 import os
 import sys
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
 
-__version__ = "20251107.01"
+__version__ = "20251107.02"
 
 
 def filter_entries(entries, years=6, months=6, weeks=6, days=6, head=5):
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ def filter_entries(entries, years=6, months=6, weeks=6, days=6, head=5):
     result.extend([entry for i, entry in enumerate(reduce(entries, date2month, start_date, "month")) if i < months])
     start_date = result[-1][1].date()
     result.extend([entry for i, entry in enumerate(reduce(entries, date2year, start_date, "year")) if i < years])
-    start_date = result[-1][1].date()
 
     result.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
 
@@ -67,7 +65,8 @@ def filter_entries(entries, years=6, months=6, weeks=6, days=6, head=5):
 
 def get_opts():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="Filter entries based on file timestamps, or parse dates. Filenames read from stdin"
+        description="Filter entries based on file timestamps, or parsed dates for keeping backups for example. Filenames read from stdin. ",
+        epilog="Example usage (watch out for actual deletion): # ls | grep ^backup- | daterake -n 5 --drop | xargs echo rm -v ",
     )
     parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=__version__)
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ def get_opts():
     )
     parser.add_argument("--json", default=False, action="store_true", help="Print output as JSON")
     parser.add_argument("--verbose", "-v", default=False, action="store_true", help="Print output as verbose table")
-    parser.add_argument("--invert", default=False, action="store_true", help="Print names to remove")
+    parser.add_argument("--invert", "--drop", default=False, action="store_true", help="Print the names to remove")
 
     parser.add_argument(
         "--parse", default=None, help="Parse names, instead of using file timestamps (ex: 'service-%%Y-%%m-%%d.log')"