clean-up.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "Directory cleanup tool. For every file/dir in the current working directory it will ask you"
echo "if you want to remove it or not"
echo
echo "Files and directories won't be actually deleted until you delete the temporary"
echo "directory ~/.REMOVE"
echo
echo "This may be helpful if you accidently 'remove' something useful"

mkdir -p "$HOME/.REMOVE"
for i in *; do
    if [[ "$i" == ".REMOVE" ]]; then
        continue
    fi

    echo
    if [[ -L "$i" ]]; then
        echo -e "Symlink: \e[36m$i -> $(readlink $i)"
    elif [[ -d "$i" ]]; then
        echo -e "Directory: \e[38;5;33m$i"
    else
        filesize="$(du -h "$i" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}')"
        echo -ne "File: \e[35m$i\e[0m "
        if [[ -z "$filesize" ]]; then
            echo "(unknown size)"
        else
            echo "(size: $filesize)"
        fi
    fi
    echo -ne '\e[0m'

    select ans in remove keep shell; do
        case $ans in
            remove)
                if [[ -d "$i" ]]; then
                    echo -ne "\e[33mWarning: this is directory. Continue? [y/N] \e[0;1m"
                    read ans
                    if [[ $ans != y ]]; then
                        echo -e "\e[0;32mKeeping $i\e[0m"
                        break
                    else
                        echo -e "\e[0;31mRemoving $i\e[0m"
                    fi
                else
                    echo -e "\e[31mRemoving $i\e[0m"
                fi
                if ! mv -i "$i" "$HOME/.REMOVE/"; then
                    echo -n "Unable to move '$i' to ~/.REMOVE, remove it permanently? [y/N] "
                    read ans
                    if [[ $ans != y ]]; then
                        echo -e "\e[0;32mKeeping $i\e[0m"
                    else
                        echo -e "\e[1;31mRemoving $i permanently\e[0m"
                        rm -r "$i"
                    fi
                fi
                ;;
            keep)
                echo -e "\e[32mKeeping $i\e[0m"
                ;;
            shell)
                echo -e "\e[34mStarting shell…\e[0m"
                bash
                continue
                ;;
            *)
                echo -e "\e[1;7;31mwtf?\e[0m"
                continue
                ;;
        esac
        break
    done
done
echo
echo "All files and directories you marked to remove now were moved into ~/.REMOVE"
echo "To permanently delete them, remove this directory"