Delete all SYSTEM V shared memory and semaphores on UNIX-like systems

Question

How can I delete all not used semaphores and shared memory with a single command on a UNIX-like system, e.g., Ubuntu?

Answer 1

In addition to bvamos's answer, according to the documentation the use of sem is deprecated :

NAME ipcrm - remove a message queue, semaphore set or shared memory id SYNOPSIS ipcrm [ -M key | -m id | -Q key | -q id | -S key | -s id ] ... deprecated usage

ipcrm [ shm | msg | sem ] id ...

remove shared memory

us ipcrm -m to remove a shared memory segment by the id

#!/bin/bash

set IPCS_M = ipcs -m | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $USERNAME | cut -f2 -d" "

for id in $IPCS_M; do
  ipcrm -m $id;
done

or ipcrm -M to remove a shared memory segment by the key

#!/bin/bash

set IPCS_M = ipcs -m | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $USERNAME | cut -f1 -d" "

for id in $IPCS_M; do
  ipcrm -M $id;
done

remove message queues

us ipcrm -q to remove a shared memory segment by the id

#!/bin/bash

set IPCS_Q = ipcs -q | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $USERNAME | cut -f2 -d" "

for id in $IPCS_Q; do
  ipcrm -q $id;
done

or ipcrm -Q to remove a shared memory segment by the key

#!/bin/bash

set IPCS_Q = ipcs -q | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $USERNAME | cut -f1 -d" "

for id in $IPCS_Q; do
  ipcrm -Q $id;
done

remove semaphores

us ipcrm -s to remove a semaphore segment by the id

#!/bin/bash

set IPCS_S = ipcs -s | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $USERNAME | cut -f2 -d" "

for id in $IPCS_S; do
  ipcrm -s $id;
done

or ipcrm -S to remove a semaphore segment by the key

#!/bin/bash

set IPCS_S = ipcs -s | egrep "0x[0-9a-f]+ [0-9]+" | grep $USERNAME | cut -f1 -d" "

for id in $IPCS_S; do
  ipcrm -S $id;
done