firefox-delete-temporary-containers.sh

firefox-delete-temporary-containers.sh

#!/bin/bash

# cleanup containers.json (remove tmp containers, sort them by name)
# open command prompt in profiles directory and execute

# only have the non-tmp containers
jq '.' containers.json > c01.json
jq '.identities |= map(select(.name | test("^tmp") | not)) | .identities |= sort_by(.name) | .' c01.json > containers.json

# Construct the grep pattern with 'userContextId=' for each userContextId from JSON for just the tmp containers
grep_pattern=$(jq -r '.identities |= map(select(.name | test("^tmp"))) | .identities[].userContextId' c01.json | sed 's/^/userContextId=/' | paste -sd '|' -)

# Use find and grep to match the directories

find storage/default -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep -E "$grep_pattern" | xargs -n 1 echo
find storage/default -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep -E "$grep_pattern" | xargs -t -n 1 rm -rf

make it public