---
name: "suricatactl-filestore"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "suricata"
version: "1:7.0.10-1+deb13u4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/suricatactl-filestore"
---

# suricatactl-filestore(1)

Perform actions on filestore

## NAME

suricatactl-filestore - Perform actions on filestore

## SYNOPSIS

**suricatactl filestore** \[-h\] \<command\> \[\<args\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

This command lets you perform certain operations on Suricata filestore.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  Get help about the available commands.

## COMMANDS

**prune \[-h\|--help\] \[-n\|--dry-run\] \[-v\|verbose\] \[-q\|--quiet\] -d \<DIRECTORY\>** **--age \<AGE\>**

Prune files older than a given age.

\-d \<DIRECTORY\> \| --directory \<DIRECTORY\> is a required argument which tells that user must provide the suricata filestore directory on which all the specified operations are to be performed.

\--age \<AGE\> is a required argument asking the age of the files. Files older than the age mentioned with this option shall be pruned.

\-h \| --help is an optional argument with which you can ask for help about the command usage.

\-n \| --dry-run is an optional argument which makes the utility print only what would happen

\-v \| --verbose is an optional argument to increase the verbosity of command.

\-q \| --quiet is an optional argument that helps log errors and warnings only and keep silent about everything else.

## BUGS

Please visit Suricata's support page for information about submitting bugs or feature requests.

## NOTES

- •

  Suricata Home Page

  *https://suricata.io/*

- •

  Suricata Support Page

  *https://suricata.io/support/*

## COPYRIGHT

2016-2025, OISF