squatter.sh

#!/bin/bash

# put this in your .bashrc or .bash_profile
# then run `squatter <username>`
# it'll print out the packages that probably are empty.
# use npm with the admin.npmrc file to remove them

squatter () {
  local n1="$1"

  local enc1="${n1// /%20}"
  curl -vfs "http://registry.npmjs.org/-/by-user/$enc1" \
  | json "$n1" \
  | json -a \
  | while read PKG; do
      npm -q cache clean $PKG && \
      files=$(
        npm -q view $PKG dist.tarball \
          | xargs curl -s \
          | tar ztv \
          | egrep -v 'package.json$' \
          | egrep -v 'README\.md$' \
          | egrep -v '\.npmignore$'
      )
      count=$(echo "$files" | wc -l)
      if [ $count -lt 3 ]; then
        echo ==== $PKG ====
        echo "$files"
      else
        echo "$PKG has stuff in it"
      fi
    done
}