unfollowold.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'optiflag'
require 'twitter'

Infinity = 1.0/0.0 unless defined? Infinity

module DBChecker extend OptiFlagSet
  flag "password"
  flag "user"
  flag "days"

  and_process!
end

username = ARGV.flags.user
password = ARGV.flags.password
days = ARGV.flags.days

#clear ARGV for gets to work
ARGV.clear

cutoff_date = DateTime.now - days.to_i

httpauth = Twitter::HTTPAuth.new(username, password)
twitter = Twitter::Base.new(httpauth)

1.upto(Infinity) do |page|
  friends = twitter.friends(:page => page)
  break if friends.empty?
  friends.each do |friend|
    last_status_update = friend.status && DateTime.parse(friend.status.created_at)
    if (last_status_update.nil? or last_status_update <= cutoff_date)
      puts "Unfollow #{friend.screen_name} (#{friend.name})?"
      STDOUT.flush
      if gets.chomp.match(/^y(?:es)?$/i)
        twitter.friendship_destroy(friend.id)
      end
    end
  end
end