Script for cleaning up old homebrew deps

foo.pl

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;


sub main {
  my $keep = {};
  loop($keep);
}

sub loop {
  my $keep = shift;
  my $leafSet = {};

  foreach (`brew leaves`) {
    chomp;
    next if $keep->{$_};
    $leafSet->{$_} = 1;
  }

  my @leaves = sort(keys $leafSet);
  return unless scalar @leaves;

  foreach my $leaf (@leaves) {
    print "\n\n====> ";
    system ("brew", "info", $leaf);
    while (1) {
      print "Would you like to keep $leaf? [Y/n]: ";
      my $yn = readline;
      chomp $yn;
      if ($yn eq "y" or $yn eq "") {
        $keep->{$leaf} = 1;
        last;
      } elsif ($yn eq "n") {
        system("brew", "uninstall", $leaf);
        last;
      }
    }
  }

  loop($keep);
}

main();