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Purge Stale Video Dirs

A cron-ready Bash script that removes empty video directories by checking for missing video files.

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Overview

A lightweight script for cleaning up media libraries. It scans a given base directory for subdirectories that no longer contain any video files, then removes them. Designed to be run on a schedule via cron, with dry-run and logging options to prevent accidental deletions.

Tech stack

  • Bash 4+
  • Standard Unix utilities (find, rm)