Delete sqs queues using a prefix.

clean-aws-sqs-queues.sh

#!/bin/bash
PREFIX=$1
DRY_RUN=$2
echo "Starting the purge of queues that have the prefix of ${PREFIX}"

while true
do
  # Get the list of queues with the PREFIX and store as a block of json
  QUEUES=$(aws-vault exec $AWS_PROFILE -- aws sqs list-queues --queue-name-prefix=${PREFIX} | jq '.QueueUrls')

  echo $QUEUES > /tmp/queues.json

  jq -r '.[]' /tmp/queues.json | while read QUEUE; do
    if [[ ${DRY_RUN} == "no" ]]
      then
              echo "Deleting ${QUEUE}"
              aws-vault exec $AWS_PROFILE -- aws sqs delete-queue --region eu-west-2 --queue-url "${QUEUE}"
      else
              echo "[DRY RUN] Deleting ${QUEUE}"
      fi
  done;
done