benatkin/gen-rm-script

## gen-rm-script
#!/usr/bin/env node

var fs = require('fs')
var dirs = fs.readdirSync('.')
dirs.forEach(function(dir) {
  console.log('#rm -r ' + '"' + dir.replace('"', '"\'"\'"') + '"')
})

## gen-rm-script.md

      
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    This is just a script for generating a script of commented out rm -r commands that I can uncomment. I can quickly uncomment lines (one or a few at a time) in vim of things I want to remove. I use this to clean out my Downloads folder. I can keep the script as a record of what's been deleted.
If you use this script, just make sure you're in the right directory when you run the generated rm commands, and only uncomment commands that you're sure you want to run.
I keep this script in ~/bin which is not on my path. I go to the directory that contains the files, some of which I want to remove, and run this:
$ ~/bin/gen-rm-script > rm-some.sh

Then I open it up in vim, edit it, and run:
$ sh rm-some.sh
	#!/usr/bin/env node

	var fs = require('fs')
	var dirs = fs.readdirSync('.')
	dirs.forEach(function(dir) {
	console.log('#rm -r ' + '"' + dir.replace('"', '"\'"\'"') + '"')
	})