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#!/bin/bash -
# cfc  :::  Clear Flash Cookies
#(c)EF/-HI-2010.Sep.23 [rev:2010.Sep.27]
IFS=$' \t\n'
declare -x PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
declare -i x=0 c=0 k=0
subf= args= list=  s=s
PRG=`basename "$0"`
DR1=~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash?Player
DR2=~/Library/Caches/Adobe/Flash?Player
PREF=macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys/settings.sol
CASH=AssetCache/*/cacheSize.txt

trap tabs EXIT

Help () {
	printf '\e[4mClear Flash Cookies\e[0m\nUsage:\n'
	printf '\t\e[1m%s\e[0m [\e[1m-?\e[0m]\n\n' $PRG
	printf 'Run with no args to list the cookies.\n'
	printf 'Any arg except -h clears the cookies.\n'
	exit 1
}

[ $# -ne 0 ] && [[ $1 = *[Hh]* ]] && Help >&2

Tree () { # print a tree of the cwd:
	local dir= par= ind= fix=
	dir=`pwd -P`; par=`dirname "$dir"`; tabs -5; ind=$'\t'
	[[ $par = / ]] && fix=$ind
	find -x "$dir" -print0 |xargs -0 ls -1dfF |sed 's:'"$par"':'"$fix"':;
		s:/$: \\:;s:[^/]*/:'"$ind"':g;s: \\$:/:;s:'"$ind"':'"$fix"':;
		1s:'"$fix"'::' |sed "s:[/*@=|%]$:`printf '\e[1m&\e[0m'`:"
	tabs
}

GoToFolder () {
	2>/dev/null cd "$1" >&2 && return 0 ||
		printf '\ncannot access folder: %s/\n' "$1" >&2; return 1
}

ScanFolder () {
	GoToFolder "$1" || return 1
	c=`ls -p1 |grep -e '/$' |wc -l |sed 's:[^0-9]::g'`
	subf=`ls -p1 |grep -e '/$' |sed 's:/$::;s: :\?:g'`

	case $c in
	0)	printf '\nno subfolders exist in: %s\n' "$1" >&2; return 1;;
	1)	args=$subf;;
	*)	args=-f\ $subf;;
	esac

	list=`find -x $args -not -type d`

	if [[ -n $list ]]
	then
		[ $k -eq 0 ] && printf '\n\e[7mFILES FOUND:\e[0m'
		printf '\n\e[1;4m%s\e[0;1m/\e[0m\n' "$1"
		echo "$list" |tr '\n' '\000' |xargs -0 ls -legthrob
		((k+=1))
	fi
	return 0
}

for d in $DR1 $DR2; do ScanFolder "$d"; ((x+=$?)); done

printf '\n\n\e[7mTREE LISTING:\e[0m\n'
printf '\e[1;4mPREFS\e[0m\n'
GoToFolder $DR1 && Tree || ((x+=1))
printf '\n\e[1;4mCACHE\e[0m\n'
GoToFolder $DR2 && Tree || ((x+=1))
echo

if [ $# -ne 0 ] && [ $k -ne 0 ]
then  # clear cookies & caches but preserve useful files and directory trees:

	GoToFolder $DR1 &&
	ls -d1 {macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys,#SharedObjects/*}/* \
		2>/dev/null |grep -v $PREF |tr '\n' '\000' |xargs -0 rm -fR
	((x+=$?))

	GoToFolder $DR2 && ls -d1 AssetCache/*/* 2>/dev/null |grep -v $CASH |
		tr '\n' '\000' |xargs -0 rm -fR
	((x+=$?))

	[ $x -eq 0 ] && printf '\e[30;42m FLASH COOKIES CLEARED \e[0m\n' >&2
fi

[ $x -eq 1 ] && s=
[ $x -eq 0 ] || printf '\e[37;41m %d error%s occurred \e[0m\n\a' $x "$s" >&2
exit $x