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prowler


prowler: [UNIX] n. A daemon that is run periodically (typically
   once a week) to seek out and erase core files, truncate
   administrative logfiles, nuke `lost+found' directories, and
   otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to pile up in the
   corners of a file system.  See also GFR, reaper,
   skulker.