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I have these log files:

72K     /var/log/dist-upgrade
4.0K    /var/log/samba/cores/smbd
4.0K    /var/log/samba/cores/nmbd
12K     /var/log/samba/cores
84K     /var/log/samba
44K     /var/log/gdm
4.0K    /var/log/bittorrent
1.6M    /var/log/installer
4.0K    /var/log/asterisk/cdr-custom
19M     /var/log/asterisk/cdr-csv
1.2G    /var/log/asterisk
4.0K    /var/log/apparmor
4.0K    /var/log/unattended-upgrades
36K     /var/log/cups
4.0K    /var/log/news
120K    /var/log/proftpd
12K     /var/log/fsck
28K     /var/log/apt
1.2G    /var/log

Could I please get some help cleaning these log files?

Jos
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Docfxit
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  • Is this `du` output? Or something else? Can you fix the formatting so it's readable? – user535733 Sep 07 '20 at 06:20
  • Asterisk logging is pretty [well documented](https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Logging). – Jos Sep 07 '20 at 07:38
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    Normally your system will run logrotate to move and compress logs over a certain size. Logrotate keeps a configured number of each logs, and delete old ones automatically. If some logfile grows a lot. you should look in to that file and fix the problem - if any. – Soren A Sep 07 '20 at 07:41
  • question: why? The largest outside of asterisk is 120K. and see the link Jos posted on that. – Rinzwind Sep 07 '20 at 08:07

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Simple log cleanning

sudo /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

# optionnal, delete log archives
sudo find /var/log -type f -iname *.gz -delete

Find more about freeing disk space on root partition : https://askubuntu.com/a/1161181/77093

cmak.fr
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    This returns the following on Ubuntu: ` find: paths must precede expression: apport.log.3.gz' find: possible unquoted pattern after predicate -iname'? ` – oxr463 Feb 02 '21 at 12:57
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by clean do you mean remove/delete?

if so then this has already been answered:

As described in those answers, to delete all logs open terminal, CTRL+ALT+T, and run:

sudo rm /var/log/*

to delete a specific log file run:

sudo rm /var/log/*nameoflogfile*.log

Although as stated in this answer, it is also worth checking through the logs to find out what exactly is causing your logs to grow so large.

Sayed H Fatimi
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    "sudo rm /var/log/*| No. You do `> /var/log/{logfile}` There are services that are active that require the log file to be present. – Rinzwind Sep 07 '20 at 08:06