tweet_deleter.sh

# Usage:
# 1. Install twurl from RubyGems
# 2. Create a Twitter app at https://apps.twitter.com/ (if you don't have one)
# 3. twurl authorize --consumer-key ldny[...]ulfQ --consumer-secret MTXY[...]TRsI
# 4. bash tweet_deleter.sh 2010-05 tweets.csv

# Use at your own risk ;)


# Notes for using multiple accounts with twurl:

# To list active accounts + tokens (and see the current default):
#   $ twurl accounts

# To set the default/active account for all future requests:
#   $ twurl set default [username]
#   $ twurl set default [username] [consumer-key]
# i.e.:
#   $ twurl set default _Ninji
#   $ twurl set default _Ninji ldny[...]ulfQ
# (The latter variant is only necessary if your twurl config has
#  multiple consumer keys authorised with the same account.)

# You can view/edit/remove the twurl tokens by accessing ~/.twurlrc


tweet_date=$1
tweet_file=$2

for tweet_id in $(grep -E "^\"[0-9]+\",\"[0-9]*\",\"[0-9]*\",\"$tweet_date" $tweet_file | cut -d"\"" -f2); do
	twurl -X POST /1.1/statuses/destroy/$tweet_id.json
	sleep 15
done