new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
  #---------------------------
  # Name: delete_recordings.py
  # Python Script
  # Author: Raymond Wagner
  # Purpose
  #   This python script provides a command line tool to search and
  #   delete recordings.
  #---------------------------
  
  from MythTV import MythDB, MythLog
  import sys
  
  def list_recs(recs):
      print 'Below is a list of matching recordings:'
      recs = dict(enumerate(recs.values()))
      for i,rec in recs.items():
          print '  %d. [%s] %s - %s' % \
                  (i, rec.starttime.isoformat(), rec.title, rec.subtitle)
      return recs
  
  param = {}
  
  temp = list(sys.argv[1:])
  while len(temp):
      a = temp.pop(0)
      if a[:2] == '--':
          a = a[2:]
          if '=' in a:
              a = a.split('=',1)
              param[a[0]] = a[1]
          else:
              if len(temp):
                  b = temp.pop(0)
                  if (b[:2] == '--') or (b[:1] == '-'):
                      temp.insert(0,b)
                      param[a] = ''
                  else:
                      param[a] = b
              else:
                  param[a] = ''
  
  MythLog._setlevel(param.get('verbose','none'))
  try:
      param.pop('verbose')
  except: pass
  
  force = False
  if 'force' in param:
      force = True
      param.pop('force')
  
  if len(a) == 0:
      sys.exit(0)
  
  recs = list(MythDB().searchRecorded(**param))
  if len(recs) == 0:
      print 'no matching recordings found'
      sys.exit(0)
  if force:
      for rec in recs:
          #print 'deleting ',str(rec)
          rec.delete()
      sys.exit(0)
  
  recs = dict(enumerate(recs))
  
  try:
      list_recs(recs)
      while len(recs) > 0:
          inp = raw_input("> ")
          if inp == 'help':
              print "'ok' or 'yes' to confirm, and delete all"
              print "     recordings in the current list."
              print "'list' to reprint the list."
              print "<int> to remove that recording from the list."
          elif inp in ('yes','ok'):
              for rec in recs.values():
                  #print 'deleting ',str(rec)
                  rec.delete()
              break
          elif inp in ('list',''):
              recs = list_recs(recs)
          else:
              try:
                  recs.pop(int(inp))
              except:
                  print 'invalid input'
  except KeyboardInterrupt:
      pass
  except EOFError:
      pass
  
subject: Add undelete_recordings.py using delete_recordings.py as a template