Delete all the snippets in Sublimetext's packages and also the user's installed packages

osx-snippet-delete.js

/*

⚠️ It does not prompt or ask permission. It just deletes all the snippets!

usage: node osx-snippet-delete.js

*/

const path = require("path");
const {exec}  =require("child_process")
const appPackagesPath = "/Applications/Sublime Text.app/Contents/MacOS/Packages";
const userPackagesPath = path.join(process.env.HOME, "Library", "Application Support", "Sublime Text 3", "Installed Packages");
const patterns = [
  "*Snippets*",
  "*.sublime-snippet",
  "*.tmSnippet"
];

/**
 * List files that are sublime packages
 */
function listPackages(absolutePath, done) {
  const cmd = `find "${userPackagesPath}" -type f -iname "*.sublime-package"`
  exec(cmd, function(err, stdout) {
    if (err !== undefined && err !== null) {
      return done(err)
    }
    done(null, stdout.trim().split("\n").map(item => item.trim()))
  })
}

/**
 * Delete inside a zip using a pattern
 */
function zipDelete(absolutePath, deletePattern, done) {
  const cmd = `zip -d "${absolutePath}" "${deletePattern}"`
  exec(cmd, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
    if (err !== undefined && err !== null) {
      if (err.code === 12) {
        // "nothing to do" message
        return done();
      }
      console.log("stdout", stdout)
      console.log("stderr", stderr)
      return done(err);
    }
    done();
  })
}

/**
 * Use all the patterns to queue up some deletes
 */
function zipPatternDelete(absolutePath, sleep) {
  patterns.forEach(function(pattern, index) {
    setTimeout(function() {
      zipDelete(absolutePath, pattern, function(err) {
        if (err !== undefined && err !== null) {
          console.error("error deleting app package snippets", err)
          console.log("pattern", pattern)
          console.log("absolutePath", absolutePath)
          return
        }
        console.log("deleted", pattern, absolutePath)
      })
    }, sleep * index)
  })
}

//
// GO!
//

listPackages(appPackagesPath, function(err, appPackages) {
  if (err !== undefined && err !== null) {
    return console.error("error getting app packages list", err)
  }
  appPackages.forEach(function(item, index) {
    zipPatternDelete(item, index * 100)
  })
})

listPackages(userPackagesPath, function(err, userPackages) {
  if (err !== undefined && err !== null) {
    return console.error("error getting user packages list", err)
  }
  userPackages.forEach(function(item, index) {
    zipPatternDelete(item, index * 100)
  })
})