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#!/bin/bash
 
logdir="/var/log/"
stdlogs=$(find . -name "*.log" -type f)
logfile="/var/log/cleanup.log"
loguse=$(du -ksh /var/log/)
line () { for i in {1..100}; do echo -n "$1"; done && printf "\n"; }
datenow=$(date +"%d-%m-%Y %H:%M")
#
cd $logdir
#
# Write current usage to log file /var/log/cleanup.log
line '-' > $logfile
printf "$datenow /var/log before cleanup:\t $loguse\n" > $logfile
#
# Remove unused depencies
#
apt autoremove
#
# Empty all normal logfiles i.e those not sqeuenced
#
for i in $stdlogs ; do > $i ; done
#
# WARNING USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION
# ||                            ||
# \/                            \/
# Remove -delete before going live to see whats getting deleted
# find . -name "*.gz" -type f
find . -name "*.gz" -type f -delete
find . -name '*.[0-99]' -type f -delete
find . -name '*.log*[0-99]' -type f -delete
find . -name '*root.[0-99]*' -type f -delete
# /\                            /\
# ||                            ||
# WARNING USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION
#
# Alternative way is to use one of the following
# find . -name "*.ext" -exec /bin/rm {} \;
# find . -name "*.ext" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 /bin/rm -f
#
# Clear journal log
#
journaluse=$(journalctl --disk-usage)
printf "$datenow journal before  cleanup:\t$journaluse\n" >> $logfile
journalctl --rotate >/dev/null 2>&1
journalctl --vacuum-time=1d >/dev/null 2>&1
journaluse=$(journalctl --disk-usage)
loguse=$(du -ksh /var/log/)
printf "$datenow journal after   cleanup:\t$journaluse\n" >> $logfile
printf "$datenow /var/log after  cleanup:\t $loguse\n" >> $logfile
line '-' >> $logfile
#
# Prune logfile
#
sed  -i 's/\/var\/log\///g' $logfile
sed  -i 's/Archived and active journals take up//g' $logfile
sed  -i 's/in the file system.//g' $logfile