diff --git a/scripts/remove_dir_with_match.sh b/scripts/remove_dir_with_match.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e6f29e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/remove_dir_with_match.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# remove a directory if it contains a file that matches grep
+
+for d in *; do
+    grep -R "coordinate integer" $d > /dev/null
+    if [[ 0 = $? ]]; then
+        rm -rfv $d
+    fi
+done
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