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prowler n.
 [Unix] 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.
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