clean-symlinks

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# list and offer to remove all broken symlinks recursing from your current dir

dir_excludes="\( -path ${HOME}/.mozilla -o -path ${HOME}/.local/share/Steam\)"

remove_symlinks() {
  # remove all broken symlinks
  find "${HOME}" -xtype l -exec rm -v {} \;
}

log_symlinks() {
  # log broken symlinks to a tmpfile
  output="$(mktemp --suffix '.txt')"
  find "${HOME}" -xtype l ! -exec test -e {} \; -print >"${output}" &&
    printf -- '%s\n' "Symlinks output to ${output} for review."
  printf -- '%s\n' "Exiting program without removing any symlinks."
  exit 1
}

# find broken symlinks (won't work on OSX)
printf -- 'Broken symlinks in "%s":\n' "${HOME}"
find "${HOME}" -xtype l ! -exec test -e {} \; -print
printf -- '%s' "Remove broken symlinks? [Y/n] "
read -r remove
case "$remove" in
y | Y)
  remove_symlinks
  ;;
*)
  log_symlinks
  ;;
esac

exit 0