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  1. WarpEngineer revised this gist Sep 13, 2016. 1 changed file with 7 additions and 0 deletions.
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    List all installed Linux kernel images:
    dpkg --list | egrep -i --color 'linux-image|linux-headers'

    Remove a single image:
    apt-get --purge remove linux-image-...

    Remove all:
    apt-get purge $(dpkg --list |egrep 'linux-image-[0-9]' |awk '{print $3,$2}' |sort -nr |tail -n +3 |grep -v $(uname -r) |awk '{ print $2}')
  2. WarpEngineer revised this gist Dec 13, 2014. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    apt-get purge $(dpkg --list |egrep 'linux-image-[0-9]' |awk '{print $3,$2}' |sort -nr |tail -n +2 |grep -v $(uname -r) |awk '{ print $2}')
    apt-get purge $(dpkg --list |egrep 'linux-image-[0-9]' |awk '{print $3,$2}' |sort -nr |tail -n +3 |grep -v $(uname -r) |awk '{ print $2}')
  3. WarpEngineer created this gist Dec 13, 2014.
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    apt-get purge $(dpkg --list |egrep 'linux-image-[0-9]' |awk '{print $3,$2}' |sort -nr |tail -n +2 |grep -v $(uname -r) |awk '{ print $2}')