Directory Cleanup Script

dir_clean.py

# EXAMPLE
'''
rootDir = "F:"
keepItems = ['some_file.txt', 'some_directory']

Will delete everything in 'F:' that isn't in 'keepItems'
'''

import pathlib
from pathlib import WindowsPath
from typing import List

rootDir: str = "<root dir>"
rootPath: WindowsPath = pathlib.Path(rootDir)

keepItems = []

deleteItems: List[str] = []

for item in rootPath.iterdir():
    if item.name not in keepItems:
        deleteItems.append('\"{root}/{stem}\"'.format(root = rootDir, stem = str(item.name)))

deleteItemsStr: str = ' '.join(deleteItems)

deleteCmd = "rm -rf {}".format(deleteItemsStr)
print(deleteCmd)

Assumes a bash terminal, tested with Git Bash on Windows 11