Logrotate is a system utility that automates the management of log files by rotating, compressing, and deleting them at specified intervals. It helps maintain system health by preventing log files from growing uncontrollably, which could lead to disk space exhaustion and performance degradation.

• Automatically rotates, compresses, and removes old log files to conserve disk space.
• Configurable through a central file and individual configuration files in /etc/logrotate.d/.
• Supports time-based or size-based log rotation policies.
• Allows execution of custom scripts before or after log rotation.
• Integrates with cron for automatic scheduling of log maintenance tasks.

$ sudo su

$ /usr/local/sbin/logrotate --version