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Verifiy active kernel is the latest installed
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # u may use this script in cron or in the shell directly. Should work on any Linux distribution | |
| # an alternative would be checking for /var/run/reboot-required to exist | |
| running=$(uname -r) | |
| kernels=/lib/modules | |
| installed=($(ls $kernels)) | |
| latest=${installed[@]:(-1)} | |
| if [[ $latest == $running ]]; then | |
| if [[ -t 0 ]]; then echo running latest installed kernel version: $running; fi | |
| else | |
| echo reboot required $latest active: $running | |
| fi |
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