From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-14 21:54, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:42:44 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> I want to purge from the journal all messages from facility=news,   
   >> level>Warning, age> 7 days. Only those messages. Leave all the rest   
   >> intact.   
   >   
   > You can’t purge selected lines from a logfile with syslog, either.   
      
   Yes, I can and I do.   
      
   With config lines in /etc/rsyslog.conf and in logrotate.   
      
   > You   
   > would have to copy the log to a new file, and leave out the lines you   
   > don’t want.   
      
   Which I can also easily do, as part of the rotate process.   
      
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