Purge SQS queues that match a provided prefix

purge-sqs-queues-by-prefix.sh

#!/bin/bash
PREFIX=$1
DRY_RUN=$2
REGION=$3
echo "Starting the purge of queues that have the prefix of ${PREFIX}"

# Get the list of queues with the $ PREFIX and store as a block of json
QUEUES=$(aws sqs list-queues --region "${REGION}" --queue-name-prefix=${PREFIX} | jq '.QueueUrls')

echo $QUEUES > /tmp/queues.json

jq -r '.[]' /tmp/queues.json | while read QUEUE; do
  if [[ ${DRY_RUN} == "no" ]]
  then
    echo "Deleting ${QUEUE}"
    aws sqs delete-queue --region "${REGION}" --queue-url "${QUEUE}"
  else
    echo "[DRY RUN] Deleting ${QUEUE}"
  fi
done;