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Linux Deep Clean (Clean Logs and Caches)
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set +e | |
| echo "===== BEFORE CLEAN =====" | |
| BEFORE=$(df --output=avail -B1 / 2>/dev/null | tail -1) | |
| df -h / | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Running cleanup..." | |
| echo "" | |
| command -v apt >/dev/null && { | |
| sudo apt clean -y 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo apt autoclean -y 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo apt autoremove --purge -y 2>/dev/null | |
| } | |
| command -v journalctl >/dev/null && { | |
| sudo journalctl --rotate 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo journalctl --vacuum-time=1s 2>/dev/null | |
| } | |
| sudo rm -rf /tmp/* 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/* 2>/dev/null | |
| rm -rf ~/.cache/* 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo sync | |
| command -v docker >/dev/null && { | |
| docker system prune -a -f 2>/dev/null | |
| docker volume prune -f 2>/dev/null | |
| docker builder prune -a -f 2>/dev/null | |
| docker image prune -a -f 2>/dev/null | |
| docker container prune -f 2>/dev/null | |
| docker network prune -f 2>/dev/null | |
| } | |
| sudo rm -rf /var/log/*.gz 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo rm -rf /var/log/*.[0-9] 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo find /var/log -type f -name "*.log" -exec truncate -s 0 {} \; 2>/dev/null | |
| command -v snap >/dev/null && { | |
| sudo snap set system refresh.retain=2 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo snap list --all 2>/dev/null | awk '/disabled/{print $1, $3}' | \ | |
| while read s r; do | |
| sudo snap remove "$s" --revision="$r" 2>/dev/null | |
| done | |
| } | |
| command -v flatpak >/dev/null && { | |
| flatpak uninstall --unused -y 2>/dev/null | |
| flatpak repair 2>/dev/null | |
| } | |
| rm -rf ~/.cache/thumbnails/* 2>/dev/null | |
| command -v pip >/dev/null && pip cache purge 2>/dev/null | |
| command -v pip3 >/dev/null && pip3 cache purge 2>/dev/null | |
| command -v npm >/dev/null && npm cache clean --force 2>/dev/null | |
| command -v yarn >/dev/null && yarn cache clean 2>/dev/null | |
| command -v gem >/dev/null && gem cleanup 2>/dev/null | |
| sudo rm -rf /var/lib/systemd/coredump/* 2>/dev/null | |
| history -c 2>/dev/null && history -w 2>/dev/null | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "===== AFTER CLEAN =====" | |
| AFTER=$(df --output=avail -B1 / 2>/dev/null | tail -1) | |
| df -h / | |
| CLEANED=$((AFTER - BEFORE)) | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "===== RESULT =====" | |
| numfmt --to=iec $CLEANED 2>/dev/null | awk '{print "Space cleaned: "$1}' |
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