From 6c255c38b38c2bf0dd199338a2bc6911ede1c180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alvin <alvinzilverstand@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:00:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add autoremove-lxcs.sh

---
 autoremove-lxcs.sh | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 autoremove-lxcs.sh

diff --git a/autoremove-lxcs.sh b/autoremove-lxcs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e6e97c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoremove-lxcs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 tteck
+# Author: tteck (tteckster)
+# License: MIT
+# https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/raw/main/LICENSE
+
+function header_info() {
+  clear
+  cat <<"EOF"
+   __  __          __      __          __   _  ________
+  / / / /___  ____/ /___ _/ /____     / /  | |/ / ____/
+ / / / / __ \/ __  / __ `/ __/ _ \   / /   |   / /
+/ /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /_/  __/  / /___/   / /___
+\____/ .___/\__,_/\__,_/\__/\___/  /_____/_/|_\____/
+    /_/
+
+EOF
+}
+set -eEuo pipefail
+YW=$(echo "\033[33m")
+BL=$(echo "\033[36m")
+RD=$(echo "\033[01;31m")
+CM='\xE2\x9C\x94\033'
+GN=$(echo "\033[1;92m")
+CL=$(echo "\033[m")
+
+# Telemetry
+source <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/misc/api.func) 2>/dev/null || true
+declare -f init_tool_telemetry &>/dev/null && init_tool_telemetry "update-lxcs" "pve"
+
+header_info
+echo "Loading..."
+whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "Proxmox VE LXC Autoremove" --yesno "This Will Run 'apt autoremove' on LXC Containers. Proceed?" 10 58
+if whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "Skip Not-Running Containers" --yesno "Do you want to skip containers that are not currently running?" 10 58; then
+  SKIP_STOPPED="yes"
+else
+  SKIP_STOPPED="no"
+fi
+
+NODE=$(hostname)
+EXCLUDE_MENU=()
+MSG_MAX_LENGTH=0
+while read -r TAG ITEM; do
+  OFFSET=2
+  ((${#ITEM} + OFFSET > MSG_MAX_LENGTH)) && MSG_MAX_LENGTH=${#ITEM}+OFFSET
+  EXCLUDE_MENU+=("$TAG" "$ITEM " "OFF")
+done < <(pct list | awk 'NR>1')
+excluded_containers=$(whiptail --backtitle "Proxmox VE Helper Scripts" --title "Containers on $NODE" --checklist "\nSelect containers to skip from autoremove:\n" 16 $((MSG_MAX_LENGTH + 23)) 6 "${EXCLUDE_MENU[@]}" 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 | tr -d '"')
+
+function autoremove_container() {
+  container=$1
+  header_info
+  name=$(pct exec "$container" hostname)
+  os=$(pct config "$container" | awk '/^ostype/ {print $2}')
+  if [[ "$os" == "ubuntu" || "$os" == "debian" || "$os" == "devuan" ]]; then
+    disk_info=$(pct exec "$container" df /boot | awk 'NR==2{gsub("%","",$5); printf "%s %.1fG %.1fG %.1fG", $5, $3/1024/1024, $2/1024/1024, $4/1024/1024 }')
+    read -ra disk_info_array <<<"$disk_info"
+    echo -e "${BL}[Info]${GN} Running autoremove on ${BL}$container${CL} : ${GN}$name${CL} - ${YW}Boot Disk: ${disk_info_array[0]}% full [${disk_info_array[1]}/${disk_info_array[2]} used, ${disk_info_array[3]} free]${CL}\n"
+    pct exec "$container" -- bash -c "apt-get autoremove -y"
+  else
+    echo -e "${BL}[Info]${GN} Skipping ${BL}$container${CL} : ${GN}$name${CL} - ${YW}Not a Debian/Ubuntu/Devuan container (os: ${os})${CL}\n"
+  fi
+}
+
+header_info
+for container in $(pct list | awk '{if(NR>1) print $1}'); do
+  if [[ " ${excluded_containers[@]} " =~ " $container " ]]; then
+    header_info
+    echo -e "${BL}[Info]${GN} Skipping ${BL}$container${CL}"
+    sleep 1
+  else
+    status=$(pct status $container)
+    if [ "$SKIP_STOPPED" == "yes" ] && [ "$status" == "status: stopped" ]; then
+      header_info
+      echo -e "${BL}[Info]${GN} Skipping ${BL}$container${CL}${GN} (not running)${CL}"
+      sleep 1
+      continue
+    fi
+    template=$(pct config $container | grep -q "template:" && echo "true" || echo "false")
+    if [ "$template" == "false" ] && [ "$status" == "status: stopped" ]; then
+      echo -e "${BL}[Info]${GN} Starting${BL} $container ${CL} \n"
+      pct start $container
+      echo -e "${BL}[Info]${GN} Waiting For${BL} $container${CL}${GN} To Start ${CL} \n"
+      sleep 5
+      autoremove_container $container
+      echo -e "${BL}[Info]${GN} Shutting down${BL} $container ${CL} \n"
+      pct shutdown $container &
+    elif [ "$status" == "status: running" ]; then
+      autoremove_container $container
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+wait
+header_info
+echo -e "${GN}The process is complete. apt autoremove has been run on all applicable containers.${CL}\n"
+echo ""
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