A simple bash script to delete anything that might have accumulated in root's home directory, i.e. /root

clean_root_homedir.sh

#!/bin/bash

# ===
# Author: David Tonhofer
# Rights: Public Domain
# ===

set -o nounset

ROOT=/root

if [[ ! -d $ROOT ]]; then
   echo "Directory '$ROOT' does not exist, nothing to do!" >&2
   exit 0
fi

echo "Will delete file in '$ROOT'"
echo "(except .vimrc, .bash_profile, .bash_logout, .bashrc, .ssh)!"
echo "Proceed? (Type YES for actual deletion, otherwise just press enter for listing)"

read -r

if [[ ${REPLY^^} == YES ]]; then
   echo "Actually performing deletion!" >&2
   echo >&2
   ACTION=Y
else
   echo "Not really deleting, just a dry-run!" >&2
   echo >&2
   ACTION=
fi

# Using "find" here is very unpredictable.
# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/164873/find-delete-does-not-delete-non-empty-directories#164882
# Better roll our own loop!

# This actually fills an array with the dotted and nondotted files!
# This works correctly also with files that have names with spaces.

files=("$ROOT"/.* "$ROOT"/*)

for file in "${files[@]}"; do

   # loop around if file is gone
   # ... or if there is no file and "$file" actually equals the pattern!

   [[ -e "$file" ]] || continue

   bn=$(basename "$file")
   [[ $bn == '.' || $bn == '..' ]] && continue

   # jump over some files
   
   case $(basename "$file") in
   .vimrc|.bash_profile|.bash_logout|.bashrc|usb|.ssh)
      echo "Keeping '$file'" >&2
      continue
      ;;
   esac
   
   # Otherwise delete
   
   if [[ -d "$file" ]]; then      
      if [[ $ACTION == Y ]]; then
         echo "Deleting directory '$file'" >&2   
         /bin/rm -r "$file"
      else
         echo "Would delete directory '$file'" >&2   
      fi 
   elif [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
      if [[ $ACTION == Y ]]; then
         echo "Deleting file '$file'" >&2   
         /bin/rm "$file"
      else
         echo "Would delete file '$file'" >&2   
      fi
   else
      echo "Skipping '$file' because it's neither a directory nor a file" >&2
   fi

done