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An interactive script to delete time machine backup(s) selectively
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
from pick import Picker | |
import subprocess | |
# Install pick first ("pip install pick") | |
print("Retrieving the backup destination...") | |
dest = subprocess.check_output("sudo tmutil machinedirectory", shell=True).decode("utf-8") | |
print("Retrieving the backup list...") | |
backups = [] | |
res = subprocess.check_output("sudo tmutil listbackups", shell=True) | |
for line in res.decode("utf-8").split("\n"): | |
if len(line): | |
backups.append(line.replace(".backup", "")) | |
# Select backup(s) to delete | |
def select_all(picker): | |
return [(l, 0) for l in backups] | |
title = "Select backup(s) you want to delete (press '→' to select, 'a' to select all): " | |
picker = Picker(backups, title, multiselect=True, min_selection_count=1) | |
picker.register_custom_handler(ord('a'), select_all) | |
selected = picker.start() | |
print( | |
"Destination: ", dest, "\n" | |
"Selected Backup(s): ", selected, "\n" | |
) | |
ans = input("Are you sure to delete these backups? ('Y' to Continue): ") | |
if ans in ["y", "Y"]: | |
print("Removing selected backup(s)") | |
for i in range(len(selected)): | |
print('Deleting {}...'.format(selected[i][0])) | |
subprocess.run("sudo tmutil delete -d {} -t {}".format(dest, selected[i][0]), shell=True) | |
else: | |
print("Canceled.") |
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