works:

#!/bin/bash
### clear_arch: remove files from directory you can't easily list or loop through 
### copyleft 2008 
arch
"/var/log/arch-apache"
hush
" &> /dev/null"
for ch in e t n a r o i u s m p h k w f c d; do ( rm  $arch/$ch* ) &> /dev/null; done
for num in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0; do ( rm  $arch/$num* ) &> /dev/null; done
(rm $arch/* ) &> /dev/null
echo "$arch cleared.."