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Created October 11, 2014 17:55
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Script to remove old linux kernels from Ubuntu
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purge-old-kernels.bash
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge $(dpkg -l 'linux-image-*' | \
sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | \
sed "s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d')
exit $?
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