We have been needing to find a script that works to delete all the home folders in the Users directory except for four that we need to keep (map, tech, student, and admn). We have a setup of mobile home directories that are cached on each laptop when network users first use them. Here is the script that support helped build. I am getting a syntax error when running it at the first "for".

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# PURPOSE

# - Remove or Move local user directories from AD bound machines that have "Force Local Homes" checked

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# HISTORY

#   Version: 1.0

#   - Created by Bram Cohen October 15. 2013

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username1="map"

username2="tech"

username3="student"

username4="admn"





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# SCRIPT OPERATIONS -  - REALLY!!! - DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE

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RESULT=""

for U in /Users/*; do 

    if [ -d "$U" ]; then

        if [ "$U" == "/Users/Shared" ] || [ "$U" == "/Users/Guest" ]; then

            /bin/echo "Found $U, ignored"

            USERNAME=`/bin/echo $U | tr '/' ' ' | awk '{print $NF}'`

            RESULT=`echo "$RESULT$USERNAME-IGNORED "`

        else

            /bin/echo "Found $U, continuing..."

            USERNAME=`/bin/echo $U | tr '/' ' ' | awk '{print $NF}'`

            /bin/echo "Parsed username as: $USERNAME"

            ADMINCHECK=`/usr/bin/dsmemberutil checkmembership -U $USERNAME -G admin | awk '{print $3}'`

            if [ "$ADMINCHECK" == "not" ]; then

                if [ "$USERNAME" == "$username1" ] || [ "$USERNAME" == "$username2" ] || [ "$USERNAME" == "$username3" ] || [ "$USERNAME" == "$username4" ]; then

                    /bin/echo "$USERNAME is on the exempt list, ignoring..."

                    RESULT=`echo "$RESULT$USERNAME-EXEMPT "`

                else    

                    /bin/echo "$USERNAME not an Admin nor exempt, taking action..."

                    RESULT=`echo "$RESULT$USERNAME-Action Taken "`

                    #/bin/echo "Forcing the removal of $U" && /bin/rm -rf $U

                fi

            else

                /bin/echo "$USERNAME was found to be a Local Admin, ignoring"

                RESULT=`echo "$RESULT$USERNAME-ADMIN "`

            fi

        fi

    fi

done

echo ""

echo "============================================================"

echo "Summary: $RESULT"

echo "============================================================"