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How can I select Select all packages (kernels) except the one I'm currently using? one

How can I automatically delete all other kernels which I'm not using?

So, here's my situation:

Using different versions of Ubuntu / CentOS
Automatic updates were on -> Linux downloaded many new kernel versions
Now I want to delete all other kernel versions, except the one I'm currently using

Code: #find out current kernel version: uname -r

#check which versions are downloaded to computer dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image

#delete desired kernel sudo apt-get purge [KERNEL]

#autoremove sudo apt-get autoremove

#find out current kernel version: uname -r #check which versions are downloaded to computer dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image #delete desired kernel sudo apt-get purge [KERNEL] #autoremove sudo apt-get autoremove

There can be easily more than 15 kernels in one linux, and I have more than 50 linuxes which I have to go through.

So my question is, how can I automatically delete all other kernels which I'm not using?

How can I select all packages (kernels) except the one I'm currently using?

So, here's my situation:

Using different versions of Ubuntu / CentOS
Automatic updates were on -> Linux downloaded many new kernel versions
Now I want to delete all other kernel versions, except the one I'm currently using

Code: #find out current kernel version: uname -r

#check which versions are downloaded to computer dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image

#delete desired kernel sudo apt-get purge [KERNEL]

#autoremove sudo apt-get autoremove

There can be easily more than 15 kernels in one linux, and I have more than 50 linuxes which I have to go through.

So my question is, how can I automatically delete all other kernels which I'm not using?

Select all packages (kernels) except the currently using one

How can I automatically delete all other kernels which I'm not using?

So, here's my situation:

Using different versions of Ubuntu / CentOS
Automatic updates were on -> Linux downloaded many new kernel versions
Now I want to delete all other kernel versions, except the one I'm currently using

Code:

#find out current kernel version: uname -r #check which versions are downloaded to computer dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image #delete desired kernel sudo apt-get purge [KERNEL] #autoremove sudo apt-get autoremove

There can be easily more than 15 kernels in one linux, and I have more than 50 linuxes which I have to go through.

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