feat: sync file deletions (#288)

* syncd

* delete sync script

* comments

Author: technicallyty

delete.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Default values
+STARTING_DIR=""
+SKIP_CONFIRMATION=false
+SKIP_TUTORIALS=false
+
+# Function to display usage information
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY"
+    echo "Delete markdown files from the specified directory and its subdirectories."
+    echo ""
+    echo "Options:"
+    echo "  --skip              Skip confirmation prompt"
+    echo "  --skip-tutorials    Preserve files in directories named 'tutorials'"
+    echo "  -h, --help          Display this help message"
+    echo ""
+    echo "DIRECTORY argument is required."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Process command line arguments
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --skip)
+            SKIP_CONFIRMATION=true
+            shift
+            ;;
+        --skip-tutorials)
+            SKIP_TUTORIALS=true
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -h|--help)
+            usage
+            ;;
+        -*)
+            echo "Unknown option: $1"
+            usage
+            ;;
+        *)
+            # First non-option argument is the directory
+            STARTING_DIR="$1"
+            shift
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Ensure a directory was specified
+if [ -z "$STARTING_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Error: No directory specified."
+    usage
+fi
+
+# Ensure the specified directory exists
+if [ ! -d "$STARTING_DIR" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Directory '$STARTING_DIR' does not exist or is not accessible."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Script to find, print, and delete markdown files in the specified directory and subdirectories
+echo "Searching for markdown files in: $STARTING_DIR"
+if [ "$SKIP_TUTORIALS" = true ]; then
+    echo "Note: Files in directories named 'tutorials' will be preserved."
+fi
+
+# Build the find command based on options
+if [ "$SKIP_TUTORIALS" = true ]; then
+    # Find markdown files but exclude those in 'tutorials' directories
+    files=$(find "$STARTING_DIR" -type f \( -name "*.md" -o -name "*.markdown" \) | grep -v "/tutorials/")
+else
+    # Find all markdown files
+    files=$(find "$STARTING_DIR" -type f \( -name "*.md" -o -name "*.markdown" \))
+fi
+
+# Count the total number of markdown files that match our criteria
+total_files=$(echo "$files" | wc -l)
+if [ -z "$files" ]; then
+    total_files=0
+fi
+echo "Found $total_files markdown files that meet deletion criteria."
+
+# Safety confirmation (unless --skip is used)
+if [ "$total_files" -gt 0 ] && [ "$SKIP_CONFIRMATION" = false ]; then
+    read -p "Are you sure you want to DELETE these markdown files? (yes/no): " confirmation
+    if [ "$confirmation" != "yes" ]; then
+        echo "Operation cancelled."
+        exit 0
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Process each file
+if [ "$total_files" -gt 0 ]; then
+    echo "$files" | sort | while read -r file; do
+        echo "Deleting: $file"
+        rm "$file"
+    done
+    echo "Deletion complete."
+else
+    echo "No files to delete."
+fi