🧹 Data wiper

wiper.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
#sudo apt install wipe

import os
import sys


def query_yes_no(question, default="yes"):
    valid = {"yes": True, "y": True, "ye": True,
             "no": False, "n": False}
    if default is None:
        prompt = " [y/n] "
    elif default == "yes":
        prompt = " [Y/n] "
    elif default == "no":
        prompt = " [y/N] "
    else:
        raise ValueError("invalid default answer: '%s'" % default)
    while True:
        sys.stdout.write(question + prompt)
        choice = input().lower()
        if default is not None and choice == '':
            return valid[default]
        elif choice in valid:
            return valid[choice]
        else:
            sys.stdout.write("Please respond with 'yes' or 'no' "
                             "(or 'y' or 'n').\n")


first_arg = sys.argv[1]
if first_arg == "-h" or first_arg == "--help":
    print("Shreds a data")
    print("Send file path in arg, and add / if it's a folder")
elif query_yes_no("Wipe/shred "+first_arg+ "?"):
    if first_arg.endswith("/"):
        os.system("wipe -q -rf " + first_arg)
    else:
        os.system("shred -n 3 -u -z -v " + first_arg)