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One-liner to remove old Linux kernels in Ubuntu
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remove_old_kernels.sh
## Note: This is only tested in the latest Ubuntu distributions.
## Please make sure packages to be removed are correct.
## http://stuzhao.blogspot.com/2012/10/remove-old-linux-kernels-in-ubuntu.html
dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' | grep "linux-\(image\|headers\)-[0-9]" | grep -v `uname -r | sed s/-generic//` | xargs sudo apt-get purge -y
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