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System-Maintenance(1)	     General Commands Manual	   System-Maintenance(1)

NAME
     System-Maintenance -- performs system maintenance tasks

SYNOPSIS
     System-Maintenance [-k | --interactive-kernel-removal]
     System-Maintenance [-h | --help]
     System-Maintenance [-v | --version]

DESCRIPTION
     System-Maintenance  runs  some  system maintenance tasks to keep the system
     clean and up to date.  These tasks are:
     *	 Ensuring that all packages are configured
     *	 Updating the package repositories
     *	 Removing obsolete kernels
     *	 Installing all available package updates
     *	 Auto-removing unused packages
     *	 Updating package and file search caches
     *	 Updating firmware
     *	 Trimming SSDs and virtual storage

ARGUMENTS
     The following options are available:

     -k | --interactive-kernel-removal
	     Remove obsolete kernels interactively.

     -h | --help
	     Prints the program's command-line parameters and exits.

     -v | --version
	     Prints the program version and exits.

EXIT STATUS
     The System-Maintenance tool exits with 0 on success, and >0 in case  of  an
     error.

EXAMPLES
     sudo System-Maintenance

     sudo System-Maintenance --interactive-kernel-removal

     System-Maintenance --version

     System-Maintenance --help

SEE ALSO
     Fingerprint-SSH-Keys(1), Reset-Machine-ID(1), System-Info(1)

NOTES
     This  program  is	part of System-Tools. The latest version of System-Tools
     can be found on the System-Tools Homepage at System-Tools Homepage.

AUTHORS
     Thomas Dreibholz, Homepage

System-Maintenance		   May 9, 2026		   System-Maintenance(1)

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