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linux bash script to clean up log files

Big Merman answered on June 25, 2022 Popularity 8/10 Helpfulness 5/10

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# Run as root, of course.
# For sh shells:
cd /var/log
: > messages
: > wtmp
echo "Log files cleaned up."

# For bash shells:
cd /var/log
> messages
> wtmp
echo "Log files cleaned up."

# This is a better version, does the same thing, less redundancy.

# visit this link for detailed explanation:
https://superuser.com/questions/849413/why-would-you-cat-dev-null-var-log-messages

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# Run as root, of course.

cd /var/log
cat /dev/null > messages
cat /dev/null > wtmp
echo "Log files cleaned up."
# for detailed exaplanations on this, visit this link:
# https://superuser.com/questions/849413/why-would-you-cat-dev-null-var-log-messages

# /var/log:
# path where logs for the system, running processes etc are usually saved

# cat /dev/null > messages command:
# opens a null file in path /dev/null
# pushes /dev/null file into messages file

# cat /dev/null > wtmp : this is basically the same

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