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+
+
+Script expect the user to pass limit in days beyond which the file if not modified would be listed/ deleted 
+depending on the arguments provided to the scipts
+
+## install requirements/dependencies:
+
+No external requirements/dependencies to be installed
+
+## how to use:
+
+call the program using:
+`python main.py --limit <limit in days> --delete <1 or 0>`
+--limit -> argument to specify the limit in days beyond which if modifications were not done, the file would be listed
+--delete -> optional argument to specify whether to delete the files or not, takes values of 0 or 1, 0 to not delete, 1 
+to delete
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diff --git a/desktop_cleanup/main.py b/desktop_cleanup/main.py
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+import os
+import argparse
+import sys
+import datetime
+import logging
+
+
+class DesktopCleaner:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._args = self.cli_parse()
+        self._desktop_path = self.get_desktop_path()
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        logging.basicConfig(filename='Log.log', filemode='w',
+                            level=logging.INFO,
+                            format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+        self._files_paths = []
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def cli_parse():
+        arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='Desktop cleanup',
+                                             description='Automation script to clean up old desktop files')
+        arg_parser.add_argument("--delete", type=int,
+                                required=False,
+                                help='Flag to delete the files')
+
+        arg_parser.add_argument("--limit", type=int,
+                                required=True,
+                                help='No of days to check for')
+        return arg_parser.parse_args()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_desktop_path():
+        _username_path = os.path.expanduser('~')
+
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            _username_path += '\\Desktop'
+        else:
+            _username_path += '/Desktop/New folder'
+
+        return _username_path
+
+    def delete_files(self):
+        self.logger.info("Deleting all the files \n")
+        for file_path in self._files_paths:
+            try:
+                os.remove(file_path)
+                self.logger.info(f"Deleted file {file_path} successfully\n")
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                self.logger.error(f"{file_path} not found\n")
+            except PermissionError:
+                self.logger.error(f"User does not have permission to delete {file_path}\n")
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.error(f"Error occurred - {e} for {file_path}\n")
+
+    def scan_desktop(self):
+
+        for dirpath, _, files in os.walk(self._desktop_path):
+            self.logger.info("Walking through all files in desktop\n")
+            for file in files:
+                file_path = str(os.path.join(dirpath, file))
+                file_details = os.stat(file_path)
+
+                last_modified = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(file_details.st_mtime)
+                curr_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+                delta_days = curr_time - last_modified
+                limit = self._args.limit
+
+                if delta_days.days > limit:
+                    self.logger.info(f"{file_path} is exceeding threshold - last modified {delta_days.days} ago\n")
+                    self._files_paths.append(file_path)
+
+        if self._args.delete and len(self._files_paths) > 0:
+            self.delete_files()
+        elif len(self._files_paths) > 0:
+            self.logger.info("Delete option not selected - so only logging file names\n")
+        else:
+            self.logger.info("No files exceeding the limit\n")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    desktop_cleaner = DesktopCleaner()
+    desktop_cleaner.scan_desktop()