bash:cleaning_log_files
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| - | ====== BASH - Cleaning Log Files ====== | ||
| - | This program will simply delete all log files present inside your /var/log directory. You can change the variable that holds this directory for cleaning up other logs. | ||
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| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | #!/bin/bash | ||
| - | LOG_DIR=/ | ||
| - | cd $LOG_DIR | ||
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| - | cat /dev/null > messages | ||
| - | cat /dev/null > wtmp | ||
| - | echo "Logs cleaned up." | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Remember to run this Linux shell script as root. | ||
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