ghibili/remove_symlinks.py

import os
import sys

def remove_symlinks(root_dir, output_file="removed_symlinks.txt"):
    removed = []
    for dirpath, _, filenames in os.walk(root_dir):
        for fname in filenames:
            fpath = os.path.join(dirpath, fname)
            try:
                if os.path.islink(fpath):
                    os.unlink(fpath)
                    removed.append(fpath)
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Error removing symlink {fpath}: {e}")
    with open(output_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
        for path in removed:
            f.write(path + "\n")
    print(f"Removed {len(removed)} symlinks. Results saved to {output_file}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("Usage: python discard_media.py <directory> [output_file]")
    else:
        root = sys.argv[1]
        out_file = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else "removed_symlinks.txt"
        remove_symlinks(root, out_file)