bash script to clean up log files
# Run as root, of course. cd /var/log cat /dev/null > messages cat /dev/null > wtmp echo "Log files cleaned up." # for detailed exaplanations on this, visit this link: # https://superuser.com/questions/849413/why-would-you-cat-dev-null-var-log-messages # /var/log: # path where logs for the system, running processes etc are usually saved # cat /dev/null > messages command: # opens a null file in path /dev/null # pushes /dev/null file into messages file # cat /dev/null > wtmp : this is basically the same