Script to help find nearly empty directories

find-nearly-empty-directories.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Find directories that only contain a single .eslintrc file.
# Adapted from https://superuser.com/a/727070

# Enable double glob to find hidden files
shopt -s dotglob

# Loop through every subdirectory.
# Currently need to tweak this line and run it for every level of directory
# nesting you want to check. TODO: rewrite this so it works recusively better.
for d in **/**/**/**/; do
  # Glob a list of the files in the directory.
  f=("$d"*)
  # If
  # 1. there is exactly 1 entry in the directory
  # 2. it is a file
  # 3. the file name is .eslintrc
  if [[ ${#f[@]} -eq 1 && -f "$f" && "${f##*/}" =~ ^.eslintrc$ ]]; then
    #echo "$d"
    #ls -alh "$d"
    git rm -r "$d"
  fi
done