deleteItem.js

// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');

// Quick CLI method for deleting a DynamoDB Item
// CLI Command: node ./deleteit.js <item value?
//
// Load the AWS SDK for Node.js
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');

AWS.config.loadFromPath('./onfig.json');

const args = process.argv.slice(2)

function deleteItem(Record){
  // Load the AWS SDK for Node.js
  var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
  // Set the region
  AWS.config.update({region: 'us-east-1'});
  // Create the DynamoDB service object
  ddb = new AWS.DynamoDB({
    apiVersion: '2012-08-10'
  });
  var params = {
      
       Key: {
        "Record": {
          S : Record
        },
      },
      TableName: "RecordLocator"
  };

  ddb.deleteItem(params, function(err, data){
    if(err){
      console.log(err, err.stack);
      return err;
    }
    else{
     
      
      return 
      
    }
  });
}

deleteItem(args[0]);

runit.sh

#!/bin/bash
input="/deletethese.csv" 
while IFS= read -r LINE; 
do /usr/local/n/versions/node/11.2.0/bin/node /deleteItem.js "$LINE"
echo "deleting $LINE"
done < "$input"