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#!/bin/bash
# copied from https://askubuntu.com/questions/892076/how-to-selectively-purge-old-kernels-all-at-once/892077#892077
# NAME: rm-kernels-server
# PATH: /usr/local/bin
# DESC: Provide dialog checklist of kernels to remove
# Non-GUI, text based interface for server distro's.
# DATE: Mar 10, 2017. Modified Aug 5, 2017.
# NOTE: Will not delete current kernel.
# With 10 kernels on an SSD, empty cache from sudo prompt (#) using:
# # free && sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && free
# First time for `du` 34 seconds.
# Second time for `du` 1 second.
# With a magnetic hard disk, and empty memory cache:
# the first `du` command averages about 20 seconds per kernel.
# the second `du` command averages about 2.5 seconds per kernel.
# PARM: If any parm 1 passed use REAL kernel size, else use estimated size.
# By default `du` is not used and estimated size is displayed.
# Must be running as sudo
if [[ $(id -u) != 0 ]]; then
echo "root access required. Use: sudo rm-kernels-server"
exit 99
fi
# Must have the dialog package. On Servers, not installed by default
command -v dialog >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "dialog package required but it is not installed. Aborting."; exit 99; }
OLDIFS="$IFS"
IFS="|"
item_list=() # Deviate from rm-kernels here.
current_version=$(uname -r)
i=0
for f in /boot/vmlinuz*
do
if [[ $f == *"$current_version"* ]]; then continue; fi # skip current version
[[ $f =~ vmlinuz-(.*) ]]
((i++)) # Item List
v=${BASH_REMATCH[1]} # example: 4.9.21-040921-generic
v_main="${v%-*}" # example: 4.9.21-040921
n=$(( n + 1 )) # increment number of kernels
# Kernel size in /boot/*4.9.21-040921-generic*
s=$(du -ch /boot/*-$v* | awk '/total/{print $1}')
if [[ $# -ne 0 ]] ; then # Was a parameter passed?
if [[ -d "/usr/src/linux-headers-"$v_main ]] ; then
# Kernel headers size in /usr/src/*4.9.21-040921*
s2=$(du -ch --max-depth=1 /usr/src/*-$v_main* | awk '/total/{print $1}')
else
s2="0M" # Linux Headers are not installed
fi
# Kernel image size in /lib/modules/4.9.21-040921-generic*
s3=$(du -ch --max-depth=1 /lib/modules/$v* | awk '/total/{print $1}')
else
# Estimate sizof of optional headers at 125MB and size of image at 220MB
if [[ -d "/usr/src/linux-headers-"$v_main ]] ; then
s2="125M"
else
s2="0M" # Linux Headers are not installed
fi
s3="220M"
fi
# Strip out "M" provided by human readable option of du and add 3 sizes together
c=$(( ${s//[^0-9]*} + ${s2//[^0-9]*} + ${s3//[^0-9]*} ))
s=$(( ${s//[^0-9]*} )) # Strip out M to make " MB" below which looks nicer
t=$(( t + c ))
s=$s" MB"
c=$c" MB"
d=$(date --date $(stat -c %y $f) '+%b %d %Y') # Last modified date for display
item_list=("${item_list[@]}" "$i" "$v ! $d ! $s ! $c" off)
done
# Write Kernel version and array index to unsorted file
> ~/.rm-kernels-plain # Empty any existing file.
for (( i=1; i<${#item_list[@]}; i=i+3 )) ; do
echo "${item_list[i]}|$i" >> ~/.rm-kernels-plain
done
# Sort kernels by version number
sort -V -k1 -t'|' ~/.rm-kernels-plain -o ~/.rm-kernels-sorted
# Strip out keys leaving Sorted Index Numbers
cut -f2 -d '|' ~/.rm-kernels-sorted > ~/.rm-kernels-ndx
# Create sorted array
SortedArr=()
i=1
while read -r ndx; do
SortedArr+=($i "${item_list[$ndx]}" "off")
(( i++ ))
done < ~/.rm-kernels-ndx
rm ~/.rm-kernels-plain ~/.rm-kernels-sorted ~/.rm-kernels-ndx
cmd=(dialog --backtitle "rm-kernels-server - $n Kernels, Total: $t MB excluding: $current_version" \
--title "Use space bar to toggle kernel(s) to remove" \
--column-separator "!" \
--separate-output \
--ascii-lines \
--checklist " Kernel Version ------ Modified Date /boot Size Total" 20 70 15)
selections=$("${cmd[@]}" "${SortedArr[@]}" 2>&1 >/dev/tty)
IFS=$OLDIFS
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
echo cancel selected
exit 1
fi
i=0
choices=()
for select in $selections ; do
((i++))
j=$(( 1 + ($select - 1) * 3 ))
choices[i]=$(echo ${SortedArr[j]} | cut -f1 -d"!")
done
i=0
list=""
for choice in "${choices[@]}" ; do
if [ "$i" -gt 0 ]; then list="$list- "; fi # append "-" from last loop
((i++))
short_choice=$(echo $choice | cut -f1-2 -d"-")
header_count=$(find /usr/src/linux-headers-$short_choice* -maxdepth 0 -type d | wc -l)
# If -lowlatency and -generic are purged at same time the _all header directory
# remains on disk for specific version with no -generic or -lowlatency below.
if [[ $header_count -lt 3 ]]; then
# Remove all w.x.y-zzz headers
list="$list""linux-image-$choice- linux-headers-$short_choice"
else
# Remove w.x.y-zzz-flavour header only, ie -generic or -lowlatency
list="$list""linux-image-$choice- linux-headers-$choice"
fi
done
if [ "$i" -gt 0 ] ; then
apt-get purge $list
fi
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