Add history cleaning script

Author: AgenttiX

maintenance.py

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     "adobe_reader.*",
     "amsn.*",
     "amule.*",
-    "apt.*",
     "audacious.*",
     "bash.*",
     "beagle.*",
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@
     # "firefox.cookies",
     "firefox.crash_reports",
     "firefox.dom",
-    "firefox.download_history",
+    # "firefox.download_history",
     "firefox.forms",
     # "firefox.passwords",
     "firefox.session_restore",
@@ -140,6 +139,10 @@
     "yum.*"
 ]
 
+BLEACHBIT_ROOT: tp.List[str] = [
+    "apt.*",
+]
+
 BLEACHBIT_DEEP: tp.List[str] = [
     "deepscan.backup",
     "deepscan.ds_store",
@@ -193,9 +196,13 @@ def bleachbit(deep: bool = False, firefox: bool = False, thunderbird: bool = Fal
         args += BLEACHBIT_FIREFOX
     if thunderbird:
         args += BLEACHBIT_THUNDERBIRD
-    # Bleachbit does not run with the run() function for some reason
+    # Bleachbit does not run with the run() function for some reason.
+    # Run both as root and as the current user.
     if os.geteuid() != 0:
-        args.insert(0, "sudo")
+        args2 = ["sudo", *args, *BLEACHBIT_ROOT]
+        sp.run(args2, check=True)
+    else:
+        args += BLEACHBIT_ROOT
     sp.run(args, check=True)
 
 
@@ -358,6 +365,7 @@ def zgen() -> None:
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Maintenance script")
+    parser.add_argument("--bleachbit-only", help="Run only Bleachbit", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--deep", help="Deep-clean all", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--docker", help="Deep-clean Docker", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument("--firefox", help="Deep-clean Firefox", action="store_true")
@@ -376,6 +384,10 @@ def main():
     if args.virtualbox:
         raise NotImplementedError("VirtualBox support does not work yet.")
 
+    if args.bleachbit_only:
+        bleachbit(deep=args.deep, firefox=(args.deep or args.firefox), thunderbird=(args.deep or args.thunderbird))
+        return
+
     zero = get_zerofree_status(args)
 
     print_info("Running maintenance script")

security/clear_history.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+REPO_DIR="$(dirname "${SCRIPT_DIR}")"
+
+# Bash history
+# Handled by BleachBit
+# history -c
+
+python3 "${REPO_DIR}/maintenance.py" --bleachbit-only
+
+# https://askubuntu.com/a/155777/
+# https://www.tecmint.com/clear-ram-memory-cache-buffer-and-swap-space-on-linux/
+sync
+echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+
+# TODO: Add BleachBit here
+
+# TRIM free disk space
+fstrim -a -v

zsh/custom/utils.zsh

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ apt-rdepends-installed () {
 	apt-cache rdepends "$@" | grep "  " | xargs apt list --installed
 }
 
+clear-history() {
+  "${HOME}/Git/linux-scripts/security/clear_history.sh"
+}
+
 compress_7z() {
   if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
     echo "Please give the file path."