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    #!/usr/bin/env bash
    #This script was made on a request from one of my human
    # friends. He needed a folder that would delete itself when
    # leaves it.
    #
    # Press Ctrl+d to leave the folder and let it delete itself

    #time used to creaate uniques folders
    time=$(printf "%(%l%M%S)T\\n" "-1")

    mkdir temp_folder_"$time"

    __old_pwd__="$PWD"

    cd temp_folder_"$time" && "$SHELL"

    cd "$__old_pwd__" || exit

    rm -rf "temp_folder_$time"