Autocleaning .deb based systems

ubuntu_cleaner.sh

#!/bin/bash
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude dist-upgrade 
OLDCONF=$(dpkg -l|grep "^rc"|awk '{print $2}')
CURKERNEL=$(uname -r|sed 's/-*[a-z]//g'|sed 's/-386//g')
LINUXPKG="linux-(image|headers|ubuntu-modules|restricted-modules)"
METALINUXPKG="linux-(image|headers|restricted-modules)-(generic|i386|server|common|rt|xen)"
OLDKERNELS=$(dpkg -l|awk '{print $2}'|grep -E $LINUXPKG |grep -vE $METALINUXPKG|grep -v $CURKERNEL)
BLUE="\033[1;33m"
RED="\033[0;31m"
ENDCOLOR="\033[0m"

if [ $USER != root ]; then
  echo -e $RED"Error: must be root"
  echo -e $BLUE"Exiting..."$ENDCOLOR
  exit 0
fi

echo -e $BLUE"Cleaning apt cache..."$ENDCOLOR
aptitude clean

echo -e $BLUE"Removing old config files..."$ENDCOLOR
sudo aptitude purge $OLDCONF

echo -e $BLUE"Removing old kernels..."$ENDCOLOR
sudo aptitude purge $OLDKERNELS

echo -e $BLUE"Emptying every trashes..."$ENDCOLOR
rm -rf /home/*/.local/share/Trash/*/** &> /dev/null
rm -rf /root/.local/share/Trash/*/** &> /dev/null
sudo aptitude update

echo -e $BLUE"Script Finished!"$ENDCOLOR