From bbb12d79e2ab03d5dd5a781a5e3b1192c548721e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:24:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] more code cleanups

---
 argv.go          |  5 +++--
 argvAutoshell.go |  2 +-
 doPlayback.go    | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/argv.go b/argv.go
index e6c4c0b..375ca06 100644
--- a/argv.go
+++ b/argv.go
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ type EmptyCmd struct {
 }
 
 type PlaybackCmd struct {
-	List *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:list"                      help:"list memories"`
-	Long *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:long"                      help:"show info on each chat"`
+	List  *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:list"                      help:"list memories"`
+	Long  *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:long"                      help:"show info on each chat"`
+	Purge *EmptyCmd `arg:"subcommand:purge"                      help:"verify chat uuids & purge empty chats"`
 }
 
 func (args) Version() string {
diff --git a/argvAutoshell.go b/argvAutoshell.go
index 3611411..14a21f1 100644
--- a/argvAutoshell.go
+++ b/argvAutoshell.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (args) doBashAuto() {
 	// argv.doBashHelp()
 	switch argv.BashAuto[0] {
 	case "playback":
-		fmt.Println("long --uuid")
+		fmt.Println("long --uuid purge")
 	case "clean":
 		fmt.Println("user devel master")
 	default:
diff --git a/doPlayback.go b/doPlayback.go
index 42dd95d..2302d12 100644
--- a/doPlayback.go
+++ b/doPlayback.go
@@ -7,13 +7,32 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 )
 
-func doPlayback() {
+func doPlayback() error {
 	if argv.Uuid != "" {
 		showChat(argv.Uuid)
-		return
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if argv.Playback.Purge != nil {
+		doPurge()
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	listChats(me.chats)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func doPurge() {
+	changed := false
+	for _, chat := range me.chats.GetChats() {
+		if len(chat.GetEntries()) == 0 {
+			me.chats.Delete(chat)
+			changed = true
+		}
+	}
+	if changed {
+		me.chats.ConfigSave()
+	}
 }
 
 func showChat(uuid string) {
@@ -46,11 +65,11 @@ func listChats(chats *chatpb.Chats) {
 			formattedTime = "No Timestamp"
 		}
 
-		log.Printf("Topic: %-25s | Entries: %-4d | Started: %s | UUID: %s\n",
-			chat.GetChatName(),
+		log.Printf("Entries: %-4d | Started: %-25s | UUID: %s | %-25s\n",
 			entryCount,
 			formattedTime,
 			chat.GetUuid(),
+			chat.GetChatName(),
 		)
 	}
 	log.Println("-------------------------------------------------")