DeleteComputersBySerial.sh

#!/bin/bash
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# DESCRIPTION
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#	This script deletes computer records from the JSS by their serial number based
#	on input from a delimited (by newline or comma) text file containing only serial numbers.
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# HISTORY
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#	Version 1.0
#  	Created by Nick Anderson, JAMF Software, LLC, on May 28, 2014
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# User input
read -p "JSS URL (HTTPS Only): " server
read -p "JSS Username: " username
read -s -p "JSS Password: " password
echo ""
read -p "Data File Path (can be dragged into terminal): " input

# Reformat our input to csv
touch /tmp/serials.csv
cat $input | tr '\n' ',' > /tmp/serials.csv
file="/tmp/serials.csv"

# Count entries in file
count=`cat ${file} | awk -F, '{print NF}'`

# Start the count
index="0"

# Loop through the entries and send a deletion to the JSS for each of them
while [ $index -lt ${count} ]
do
	index=$[$index+1]
	var=`cat ${file} | awk -F, '{print $'"${index}"'}'`

	curl -v -k -u $username:$password $server/JSSResource/computers/serialnumber/$var -X DELETE
done

# Clean up
rm /tmp/serials.csv

exit 0