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single line bash command to delete remote repos. replace grep regex as necessary (but i would leave 'master' included lol)
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bash delete remote branches
for branch in `git branch -a | awk -F"/" '{ print $3 }' | grep -Pv '^(master|develop)' | grep -P '^\d'`; do echo $branch; git push origin --delete $branch; done
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the second grep is to eliminate 'HEAD', '->', and 'origin' from the list being processed. the branches i am dealing with all begin with a ticket number

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