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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Compresses all log files into a tar.gz archive with a timestamp and clears the original files.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./bin/archive_logs.sh
+#
+# Archived files are stored in ./archives/ with a filename like logs-YYYYMMDDHHMM.tar.gz
+
+LOG_DIR="./logs"
+ARCHIVE_DIR="./archives"
+TIMESTAMP=$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")
+
+mkdir -p "${ARCHIVE_DIR}"
+
+ARCHIVE_NAME="${ARCHIVE_DIR}/logs-${TIMESTAMP}.tar.gz"
+tar -czf "${ARCHIVE_NAME}" -C "${LOG_DIR}" .
+echo "Logs archived to ${ARCHIVE_NAME}"
+
+# Remove original logs
+find "${LOG_DIR}" -type f -name "*.log" -delete
+echo "Original log files removed."