kubectl remove finalizers plugin

kubectl-remove_finalizers

#!/bin/bash

# Check if at least the resource type is provided
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <resource_type> [<resource name>] [kubectl get args ...]"
    exit 1
fi

RESOURCE_TYPE=$1
shift 1  # Shift the arguments to remove the first

# Get the resources using kubectl get
RESOURCES=$(kubectl get "$RESOURCE_TYPE" "$@" -o json)

# Try to extract resources using jq .items[]
RESOURCE_ITEMS=$(echo "$RESOURCES" | jq -c '.items //  [.]')

# If the resource is still empty, exit with a message
if [ -z "$RESOURCE_ITEMS" ]; then
    echo "No resources found for $RESOURCE_TYPE."
    exit 0
fi

echo "$RESOURCE_ITEMS" | jq -c '.[]' |  while read -r RESOURCE; do
    NAME=$(echo "$RESOURCE" | jq -r '.metadata.name')
    NAMESPACE=$(echo "$RESOURCE" | jq -r '.metadata.namespace' 2>/dev/null)
    FINALIZERS=$(echo "$RESOURCE" | jq -r '.metadata.finalizers')
    if [ "$FINALIZERS" != "null" ]; then
        kubectl patch "$RESOURCE_TYPE" -n "$NAMESPACE" "$NAME" --type='json' -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/metadata/finalizers"}]' 2>/dev/null
    fi
done

This needs to be placed somewhere in $PATH, e.g. ~/bin or /usr/local/bin
To check if the plugin is loaded use kubectl plugin list