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@@ -82,6 +82,32 @@ Reopen your most recent file:
 $ vim $( ls /tmp/vim-anywhere | sort -r | head -n 1 )
 ```
 
+To clean up your history (for systems that do not reboot often) you can run the `bin/prune` command (possibly from `cron`).
+
+Remove history older than seven days (default):
+
+```bash
+$ ~/.vim-anywhere/bin/prune
+```
+
+Remove history older then *one* day:
+
+```bash
+$ ~/.vim-anywhere/bin/prune -m +1
+```
+
+Remove **all** history:
+
+```bash
+$ ~/.vim-anywhere/bin/prune -a
+```
+
+To run this every day (at 2 AM) you can add this to your crontab:
+
+```crontab
+0 2 * * *  $HOME/.vim-anywhere/bin/prune
+```
+
 ## Why?
 
 I use Vim for _almost_ everything. I wish I didn't have to say _almost_. My
diff --git a/bin/prune b/bin/prune
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index 0000000..1b36182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/prune
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# vim-anywhere-prune - Prune unused temprary files
+# Author: Chris Knadler
+# Homepage: https://www.github.com/cknadler/vim-anywhere
+#
+# Removes old temprary files
+
+###
+# defs
+###
+
+ALL=1
+mtime="+7"
+
+###
+# opts
+###
+
+while getopts ":am:v" opt; do
+  case "$opt" in
+    a) ALL=0 ;;
+    m) mtime="$OPTARG" ;;
+    v) set -x ;;
+    \?) echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2 ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+###
+# run
+###
+
+TMPFILE_DIR=/tmp/vim-anywhere
+
+if [[ $ALL == 0 ]]; then
+  find $TMPFILE_DIR -type f -exec rm -f {} \;
+else
+  find $TMPFILE_DIR -type f -mtime "$mtime" -exec rm -f {} \;
+fi