Delete AWS queues using a prefix and optional dry-run

delete-aws-queues.sh

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

# 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 $AWS_PROFILE -- aws sqs delete-queue --queue-url "${QUEUE}"
	else
		echo "[DRY RUN] Deleting ${QUEUE}"
	fi
done;