bash script delete folder recursively

script bash to recursive delete folder

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# make cygwin bin as priority
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH";

(set -o igncr) 2>/dev/null && set -o igncr; # cygwin encoding fix

basedir=`dirname "$0"`

case `uname` in
  *CYGWIN*) basedir=`cygpath -w "$basedir"`;;
esac

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "You need to provide a file or folder path"
    exit
fi

if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
  echo "$1 not found"
  exit
fi

vowels=( a i u e o A I U E O )
for letter in {{a..z},{A..Z}}; do
    for vowel in "${vowels[@]}"; do
      toBeDeleted=( "$1/.${letter}*" "$1/@${letter}*" "$1/${letter}*" "$1/@${letter}${vowel}*" "$1/.${letter}${vowel}*" "$1/${letter}${vowel}*" )
      for fpath in "${toBeDeleted[@]}"; do
        echo "deleting ${fpath}"
        rm -rf $fpath &
      done
    done
done

wait

echo "cleaning $1"
rm -rf $1 &

wait