prowler.bash

#!/bin/bash
#
# prowler: delete unwanted files that otherwise pollute $HOME
#
# Author:   Tom Vincent
# Created:  2010-07-05

WATCH_FILES="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"}/${0##*/}/badfiles" # Bash-ism
LOG="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-"$HOME/.cache"}/${0##*/}.log"

inotifywait -qm --format '%f' -e create "$HOME" | while read file; do
    if $(grep -Fq "$file" "$WATCH_FILES"); then
        rm -rf "$HOME/$file"
        echo "$(date +"%F %R") :: Deleted $HOME/$file" >> $LOG
    fi
done