Bash script to clean up sourceMappingURL references in web files.

cleanUpMaps.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script: grep_and_remove.sh
# Author: Stephen Feather
# Co-author: OpenAI (ChatGPT)

# Copyright (c) 2023
# All rights reserved.

# License: CC-BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

# Define the directory where you want to search
directory=$(pwd)

# Define the file type you want to search (optional)
file_type=""

# If a file type is specified as an argument, assign it to the file_type variable
if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
    file_type=".$1"
fi

# Define the pattern to search for
pattern="\\/\\*# sourceMappingURL=[^*]+ \\*\\/\\n"

# Find all files of the specified type in the directory and its subdirectories
files=$(find "$directory" -type f -name "*$file_type")

# Iterate over the files and perform the search and replace
for file in $files; do
    # Search for the pattern and confirm the replacement
    if grep -q "$pattern" "$file"; then
        echo "Processing file: $file"
        grep "$pattern" "$file"
        read -p "Do you want to remove the reference? (y/n): " choice
        if [[ $choice == "y" ]]; then
            # Replace the pattern with an empty string
            sed -i "s/$pattern//g" "$file"
            echo "Reference removed."
        fi
        echo "---------------------------"
    fi
done