How to remove old linux kernels

Hi,

I created a Linux bash script called removekernel

Here are the contents of the removekernel script:

#!/bin/ksh

if [[ $1 == "" ]]; then
echo "No argument added after removekernel command"
echo "Please enter kernelversion to remove from your pc (for example: 2.6.24-16) "
read KERNELVERSION

echo "Removing kernelversion $KERNELVERSION"
apt-cache search $KERNELVERSION|cut -d" " -f1|xargs sudo apt-get remove -y

else
echo "Removing kernelversion $1"
apt-cache search $1|cut -d" " -f1|xargs sudo apt-get remove -y
fi

The script above will allow you to remove previous kernel versions with ease.

After making the script removekernel executable, you can use it like this in the Terminal:

removekernel 2.6.24-19

to delete the 2.6.24-19 kernel.

Watch out though: if you use the following command and you do not have any 2.6.27 kernels installed, then you wipe out ALL available Linux kernels:

removekernel 2.6.24

is VERY dangerous :-)

Regards,

Mark