This script will clear the apache logs, cpanel logs and the logs in /var. It will take a zipped backup before clearing logs.
#!/bin/bash
# Script to Clear Logs
echo “Clearing Logs in /var…..”
cd /var/log
for i in `ls -lSh /var/log|grep -v gz|grep “-rw”|head -15|awk {‘print $9’}`
do
cp -p “$i” “$i”.bak
echo “”>$i
if [ -e “$i”.bak.gz ]
then
mv “$i”.bak.gz “$i”.bak1.gz
fi
gzip “$i”.bak
done
echo “Clearing Cpanel logs…..”
cd /usr/local/cpanel/logs
echo “access_log error_log login_log stats_log melange.log” > /tmp/LOG
for i in `cat /tmp/LOG|cut -f1`
do
cp -p “$i” “$i”.bak
echo “”>$i
if [ -e “$i”.bak.gz ]
then
mv “$i”.bak.gz “$i”.bak1.gz
fi
gzip “$i”.bak
done
echo “Clearing Apache logs…..”
cd /usr/local/apache/logs
echo “suexec_log ssl_engine_log access_log error_log” > /tmp/LOG
for i in `cat /tmp/LOG|cut -f1`
do
cp -p “$i” “$i”.bak
echo “”>$i
if [ -e “$i”.bak.gz ]
then
mv “$i”.bak.gz “$i”.bak1.gz
fi
gzip “$i”.bak
done
echo “/var/log /usr/local/apache/logs /usr/local/cpanel/logs” > /tmp/LOG
echo “Removing Old backup logs”
for i in `cat /tmp/LOG|cut -f1`
do
cd $i
rm -f *.bak1.gz
done
rm -f /tmp/LOG
echo “Restarting Syslog…”
service syslog restart
echo “Thank you for using this script – InstaCarma”
