This script clears a specified download folder, records how many files and how much total data were deleted, and sends a summary notification via Pushover. It’s useful for keeping download directories clean, freeing up disk space, and staying informed with automatic alerts after each cleanup.

download-folder-cleanup.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Store the directory path in a variable for easy modification
dir_path="/mnt/user/Downloads/"

# Count the number of files and directories in the directory
file_count=$(find "$dir_path" -mindepth 1 | wc -l)

# Get the total size of all files in the directory
total_size=$(du -sh "$dir_path" | awk '{print $1}')

# Delete all files and directories in the directory
rm -rf "$dir_path"/*

# Display a summary of the deleted files
summary="Deleted $file_count files in torrent download folder, total size: $total_size"
echo "$summary"

# Send the summary in a Pushover notification
user_key="11111111111111111111111111111111"
app_token="0000000000000000000000000000000"
title="Torrent Downloads Cleared"
priority="1"
url=""
url_title=""
timestamp="$(date +%s)"
curl -s \
  --form-string "token=$app_token" \
  --form-string "user=$user_key" \
  --form-string "title=$title" \
  --form-string "priority=$priority" \
  --form-string "message=$summary" \
  --form-string "url=$url" \
  --form-string "url_title=$url_title" \
  "https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json"