Pacman log cleaner

Question

I've written a script to clean up the pacman log file. (It was 32 MB on my system, mostly because Sage was built in the post_install function and thus spammed the log file.)
I've posted it on my site along with an explanation of what it does. (I've added syntax highlighting to my toolchain and wanted an excuse to use it. )
Last edited by Xyne (2010-05-06 12:33:09)

Answer 1

Hehe I wrote something similar to this one for myself a few days ago. It cleans the pacman.log of spam as "Synchronizing package databases..." and "Starting full system upgrade..." lines.
If anyone wants it, here it is...(author of the thread, if you find my post appropriate, please contact me or write here, and I will remove this code. )
sudo pacman -Syu &&
sudo sed -i '/starting full system upgrade/ d' /var/log/pacman.log &&
sudo sed -i '/synchronizing package lists/ d' /var/log/pacman.log &&
echo "==> log file cleared of spam messages" &&
echo "==> exit" &&
date +'%A, %d.%m.%y., %k:%M' > /home/<YOUR_USER_HERE>/.scripts/synched # or whatever you like
The last line is to keep track of when pacman was last synched.
Cheers.