vagrant-clean.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script zeroes out any space not needed for packaging a new Debian Vagrant base box.
# Run the following command in a root shell:
#
# curl -sL https://gist.github.com/stenin-nikita/ad4023fc531bf01bcea3400addfe8244/raw/vagrant-clean.sh | bash -

function print_green {
  echo -e "\e[32m${1}\e[0m"
}

print_green 'Clean Apt'
apt-get -y autoremove
aptitude clean
aptitude autoclean

print_green 'Cleanup log files'
find /var/log -type f | while read f; do echo -ne '' > $f; done;

print_green 'Whiteout root'
count=`df --sync -kP / | tail -n1  | awk -F ' ' '{print $4}'`; 
let count--
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/whitespace bs=1024 count=$count;
rm /tmp/whitespace;
 
print_green 'Whiteout /boot'
count=`df --sync -kP /boot | tail -n1 | awk -F ' ' '{print $4}'`;
let count--
dd if=/dev/zero of=/boot/whitespace bs=1024 count=$count;
rm /boot/whitespace;

print_green 'Zero out disk'
dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M
rm -f /EMPTY

print_green 'Cleanup bash history'
unset HISTFILE
[ -f /root/.bash_history ] && rm /root/.bash_history
[ -f /home/vagrant/.bash_history ] && rm /home/vagrant/.bash_history

print_green 'Vagrant cleanup complete!'