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delete-directories-containing-only-index-html.sh
# find directories which contain only one entry called "index.html" and delete them
# this doesn't enforce that the found "index.html" is a file rather than a directory, symlink, socket, device node, etc
find . -depth -print0 | \
awk 'BEGIN{RS="\0";ORS="\0";} match($0, /^(.*)[/]([^/]+)$/, A) {prevDir=dir; dir=A[1]; if ((prevDir == $0) && couldDelete) { print($0); } if (prevDir != dir) { couldDelete = 1; } if (A[2] != "index.html") { couldDelete = 0; } }' | \
xargs -0 rm -r
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