May 19

Linux: Clearing journalctl logs to free up space 

One of the fastest ways to create some free space especially if you have ran our of drive space is to vacuum your journalctl logs.

Vacuum by time:
journalctl --vacuum-time=1d

Vaccum by log size (log size after the command has completed):
journalctl --vacuum-size=250M


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Posted May 19, 2022 by Timothy Conrad in category "Linux

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