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truncate syslog after suspend
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1. truncate_syslog_after_resume.service
[Unit]
Description=deletes all but the last 1000 lines of syslog due to possible logging spam by VLC
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=-/usr/local/sbin/truncate_syslog.sh
TimeoutSec=0
StandardOutput=syslog
After=suspend.target
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target sleep.target
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2. truncate_syslog.sh
#!/bin/bash
# save in /usr/local/sbin/truncate_syslog.sh
# deletes all but the last 1000 lines in syslog and vacuums journalctl down to 50 MB
LINES=1000
tail -n $LINES /var/log/syslog > /tmp/tmpfile
cat /tmp/tmpfile > /var/log/syslog
rm /tmp/tmpfile
service syslog restart
journalctl --vacuum-size=50M
logger syslog "emptied and service restarted; journalctl vacuumed down to 50 MB"
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3. enable service from cmd
sudo cp truncate_syslog_after_resume.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable truncate_syslog_after_resume.service --now
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just added this after VLC spamming gbs into my syslog.
thanks for the help, @rubo77

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