Script to bulk delete apps from Cloud Foundry that have the same name (via regexp) - useful for cleaning up training environments

README.md

$ chmod +x apps_bulk_delete.sh
$ ./apps_bulk_delete.sh
USAGE: ./apps_bulk_delete.sh NAME_FILTER

$ ./apps_bulk_delete.sh spork
Deleting sporks-v1... done.
Deleting sporks... done.
Deleting sporks-v2... done.
Deleting sporks-v1... done.
Deleting sporks-v1... done.
Deleting sporks... done.
Deleting sporks-v2... done.
Deleting sporks-v2... done.
Deleting sporks... done.
Deleting sporks-v1... done.
...

apps_bulk_delete.sh

#!/bin/bash

export name_filter=$1
shift

if [[ "${name_filter}X" == "X" ]]; then
  echo 'USAGE: ./apps_bulk_delete.sh NAME_FILTER'
  exit 1
fi

if [[ "$(which jazor)X" == "X" ]]; then
  echo "Install jazor:"
  echo "  Try:"
  echo "    gem install jazor"
  echo "    rvmsudo gem install jazor"
  exit 1
fi

if [[ "$(which cf)X" == "X" ]]; then
  echo "Install cf:"
  echo "  Visit: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/releases"
  exit 1
fi

apps_count=0
next_url="/v2/apps"

while [[ "${next_url}X" != "X" ]]; do
  cf curl /v2/apps |
    jazor 'resources.select {|app| app.entity.name =~ /#{ENV["name_filter"]}/ }.each {|app| print "Deleting #{app.entity.name}... "; `cf curl -X DELETE #{app.metadata.url}`; puts "done." }'

  apps_count=$(($apps_count + $(cf curl $next_url | jazor resources.count)))
  next_url=$(cf curl $next_url | jazor next_url)
done

echo $apps_count

i need help running the above script.

i need to delete apps from cloud foundry using script how can i achieve it, can you please help me out.