Nested rimraf CLI app.

Use it to clear your junk in nested directories Looks for target file/directory through specified tree and then removes everything

Imaginary folder structure:

/subject
  → /file
    → /node_modules // file, not directory
  → /node_modules
    → /enemy.txt
  → /sub
    → /2
      → /1
        → /4
          → /node_modules
            → /enemy.txt
    → /3
      → /node_modules
        → /enemy.txt
  → /sub2
    → /node_modules
      → /enemy.txt
  → /symlink
    → /example
      → /enemy.txt
    → /node_modules // symlink to /subject/symlink/example

Tasks:

1. Find all node_modules
2. Find and remove all node_modules
3. Find and remove all directories named node_modules
4. Find and remove all node_modules, but do not remove symlinks
5. [Ultimate] Find all node_modules, except files and symlinks, save them to file, correct file and remove the remaining

We need to run scan command with target=node_modules and directory=./subject

$> nested-rimraf scan node_modules ./subject

Files and directories (include symlinks):
        → subject/node_modules
        → subject/symlink/node_modules
        → subject/file/node_modules
        → subject/sub/node_modules
        → subject/sub/3/node_modules
        → subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
        → subject/sub2/node_modules

As easy, as previous one. Just use rm instead of scan

$> nested-rimraf rm node_modules ./subject

Files and directories (include symlinks):
        → subject/node_modules
        → subject/symlink/node_modules
        → subject/file/node_modules
        → subject/sub/node_modules
        → subject/sub/3/node_modules
        → subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
        → subject/sub2/node_modules
Are you sure you want to delete it? [y/N]: y
Done flawlessly!

Note: Question Are you sure you want to delete it? [y/N]: y may be avoided with --agree/-y option. Like that:

$> nested-rimraf rm -y node_modules ./subject

Files and directories (include symlinks):
        → subject/node_modules
        → subject/symlink/node_modules
        → subject/file/node_modules
        → subject/sub/node_modules
        → subject/sub/3/node_modules
        → subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
        → subject/sub2/node_modules
Done flawlessly!

Ok, lets add option --dir-only/-d

$> nested-rimraf rm -y node_modules ./subject --dir-only 

Directories (include symlinks):
        → subject/node_modules
        → subject/symlink/node_modules
        → subject/sub/node_modules
        → subject/sub/3/node_modules
        → subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
        → subject/sub2/node_modules
Done flawlessly!

As you can see, there is no subject/file/node_modules in the list (because it's file, not a directory).

Let's run something similar

Same pattern:

$> nested-rimraf rm -y node_modules ./subject --without-symlinks

Directories (include symlinks):
        → subject/node_modules
        → subject/file/node_modules
        → subject/sub/node_modules
        → subject/sub/3/node_modules
        → subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
        → subject/sub2/node_modules
Done flawlessly!

Let's try the hardest one, shall we?

remaining

Human control, eh?

$>  nested-rimraf scan -dsL node_modules ./subject --save-path ./subject/to_correct.txt 
Directories (exclude symlinks):
        → subject/node_modules
        → subject/sub/node_modules
        → subject/sub/3/node_modules
        → subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
        → subject/sub2/node_modules
Successfully saved list to "subject/to_correct.txt"

A lot of params:

• -d - same as --dir-only. Includes only directories
• -s - same as --without-symlinks. Excludes symlinks
• -L - same as --save-list. Saves list of matches to file
• --save-path - path to save matches

What does this file contain? Nothing special, just list of files

$> cat ./subject/to_correct.txt

subject/node_modules
subject/sub/node_modules
subject/sub/3/node_modules
subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
subject/sub2/node_modules

Let's take it easy and save subject/sub/node_modules by removing it from the file.

And, 3, 2, 1, clear!

$> nested-rimraf rmf -yds ./subject/to_correct.txt

Directories (enclude symlinks):
        → subject/node_modules
        → subject/sub/3/node_modules
        → subject/sub/2/1/4/node_modules
        → subject/sub2/node_modules
Done flawlessly!

Good job!

Usage:

$ nested-rimraf [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:

• --install-completion: Install completion for the current shell.
• --show-completion: Show completion for the current shell, to copy it or customize the installation.
• --help: Show this message and exit.

Commands:

• rm: Scan and remove targets inside directory and...
• rmf: Took file, generated by "nested-rimraf scan"...
• scan: Scan directory and child-directories to find...

Scan and remove targets inside directory and sub-directories

Usage:

$ nested-rimraf rm [OPTIONS] TARGET [DIRECTORY]

Arguments:

• TARGET: Target name to find inside of directory [required]
• [DIRECTORY]: Directory to scan in [default: .]

Options:

• -d, --dir-only: Target only directories [default: False]
• -s, --without-symlinks: Do not process symlinks as targets [default: False]
• -y, --agree: Remove without any questions [default: False]
• -I, --ignore-errors: Ignore errors and delete until possible [default: False]
• -v, --verbose: Talk a lot [default: False]
• --help: Show this message and exit.

Took file, generated by "nested-rimraf scan" and remove everything from it

Usage:

$ nested-rimraf rmf [OPTIONS] [SAVE_PATH]

Arguments:

• [SAVE_PATH]: Remove list from passed file or ".nr-todo" inside passed directory [default: .nr-todo]

Options:

• -d, --dir-only: Target only directories [default: False]
• -s, --without-symlinks: Do not process symlinks as targets [default: False]
• -y, --agree: Remove without any questions [default: False]
• -I, --ignore-errors: Ignore errors and delete until possible [default: False]
• -v, --verbose: Talk a lot [default: False]
• --help: Show this message and exit.

Scan directory and child-directories to find targets

Usage:

nested-rimraf scan

Usage:

$ nested-rimraf scan [OPTIONS] TARGET [DIRECTORY]

Arguments:

• TARGET: Target name to find inside of directory [required]
• [DIRECTORY]: Directory to scan in [default: .]

Options:

• -d, --dir-only: Target only directories [default: False]
• -s, --without-symlinks: Do not process symlinks as targets [default: False]
• -L, --save-list: Save list of targets for further use [default: False]
• --save-path TEXT: File to save list of targets [default: .nr-todo]
• -v, --verbose: Talk a lot [default: False]
• --help: Show this message and exit.