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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to delete Jenkins jobs by searching a string.
+#
+# Usage: ./delete-jobs <search_string>
+#
+# For example: *-validate-autorelease-*
+# ./delete-jobs validate-autorelease
+
+
+search_string=$1
+
+echo -n "Enter system (sandbox|releng): "
+read system
+echo -n "Enter username: "
+read username
+echo -n "Enter api_token: "
+read password
+
+echo $username:$password
+
+wget -O jenkins-jobs.xml https://jenkins.opendaylight.org/$system/api/xml
+
+jobs=`xmlstarlet sel -t -m '//hudson/job' \
+ -n -v 'name' jenkins-jobs.xml | \
+ grep ${search_string}`
+
+for job in `echo $jobs | tr "\n" " "`; do
+ echo "Deleting $job"
+ curl -X POST "https://$username:$password@jenkins.opendaylight.org/$system/job/${job}/doDelete"
+done