#!/bin/bash
#                       /usr/local/bin/no_recurse
# https://crystalfaeries.net/posix/bin/no_recurse
# celeste:crystalfaery NO_RECURSE 2017-07-30 20:53:40+00:00
# no_recurse removes recursively embedded folders and/or symlinks

if [ $# -ne 0 ]
then						# argumentative user, eh?
    case "${1}" in
-h | --help)
	echo "`basename $0` accepts an optional argument of working_directory, else works in current_directory."
	exit 0
	;;
-v | --version)
	tail -n +4 $0 | head -n 1	# lazy damn hacker...
	exit 0
	;;
*)
	cd "${1}" || exit 1		# change working directory or fail
	shift				# pedantically politically correct
	if [ $# -ne 0 ]
	then				# excessively argumentative user
		echo "`basename $0` accepts ONLY 1 optional argument of working_directory, until you extend the code..."
		exit 1
	fi				# we won the argument by failing :-)
	;;
    esac
fi					# finished arguing

nice ionice -c 3 find . -type d | \
while read dirpath
do
	ls -d "${dirpath}"/"$(basename ${dirpath} 2>/dev/null)"	2>/dev/null
done |	xargs rm -rf	2>/dev/null	# remove recursive hierarchy
exit					# pau