Linux Clearing Storage

df, autoclean & logs

df -h

Clear log files - one liner

sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/*log

Truncate files using loop

you can create .sh file and chmod +x and insert the below into it

for logfile in $(ls /var/log/*.log)
do 
truncate -s 0 $logfile
done

Check space after deletion

df -h

clean and du with max depth

sudo du -h --max-depth=1 | sort -h
rm -rf ~/.cache/thumbnails/*
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove

purging a package

Fill in package name to purge

sudo apt-get remove --purge <PACKAGENAME>

Popularity Contest

popularity-contest

sudo apt install popularity-contest
cd /var/log
sudo touch popularity-contest
sudo chmod 666 popularity-contest
sudo popularity-contest > /var/log/popularity-contest
popcon-largest-unused

Now you can delete packages that are big in size and unused

sudo apt-get remove --purge <PACKAGENAME>