diff --git a/textFolderOnlyRemove.py b/textFolderOnlyRemove.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import os
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="recursive removal of folders with only text", allow_abbrev=False)
+parser.add_argument("--directory", "-d", action="store", help="directory to scan")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+dirs = os.listdir(args.directory)
+rootdirs = []
+
+for path in dirs:
+    fullpath = os.path.join(args.directory, path)
+    if os.path.isdir(fullpath):
+        rootdirs.append(fullpath)
+
+for path in rootdirs:
+    hasNoneText = False
+    if os.path.isfile(path):
+        continue
+
+    contents = os.listdir(path)
+
+    if not len(contents):
+        continue
+
+    for p in contents:
+        truep = os.path.join(path, p)
+        if os.path.isdir(truep):
+            hasNoneText = True
+
+        if os.path.isfile(truep):
+            if not p.endswith('.txt'):
+                hasNoneText = True
+
+    if hasNoneText is False:
+        print(f"{path} has only txt")
+        for p in contents:
+            print(f"removing {p}")
+            os.remove(truep)
+exit()
+
+
+for path in dirs:
+    fulldir = os.path.join(args.directory, path)
+    print(fulldir)
+    contents = os.listdir(fulldir)
+    files = []
+    directories = []
+
+    hasNoneText = False
+    if len(os.listdir(fulldir)):
+        continue
+    if len(path[2]) == 0:
+        continue
+    for filename in path[2]:
+        if not filename.endswith('.txt'):
+            hasNoneText = True
+    if hasNoneText is True:
+        continue
+    else:
+        time.sleep(3)
+        print("has nothing but text")
+        print(path)
+        for filename in path[2]:
+            print(filename)
+            # os.remove(filename)