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delete empty cloudwatch log groups
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delete-empty-cw-log-groups.sh
#!/usr/bin/env sh
# AWS cli delete empty cloudwatch log groups
aws logs describe-log-groups \
--query 'logGroups[?storedBytes == `0`].logGroupName' --output text | \
xargs -r -n1 aws logs delete-log-group --log-group-name
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vasuchou commented Oct 2, 2019

An error occurred (InvalidParameterException) when calling the DeleteLogGroup operation: 1 validation error detected: Value at 'logGroupName' failed to satisfy constraint: Member must satisfy regular expression pattern: [.-_/#A-Za-z0-9]+
xargs: aws: exited with status 255; aborting

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pal commented Nov 25, 2021

Awesome, thanks!

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DanielCarmel commented Feb 28, 2023 •
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Thanks! works perfect

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