Find and delete all .DS_Store files with a single command

If you are a Mac OS X user, you are no stranger to the '.DS_Store' file. The .DS_Store file is automatically generated by the system every time you open a folder.

What the ".DS_Store" file does is to store the folder properties, such as the location of the icon or the selection of wallpaper, so in the next time you open a folder. , it will remain the same as the previous version.

By default, the '.DS_Store' file is hidden, and most of these files do not affect the system. However, when you compress a folder and send it to a friend (used on another operating system) or upload a folder to the server, you will encounter some problems.

If you want to quickly delete all the '.DS_Store' files in a folder, you can refer to the following article of Network Administrator.

If you want to quickly delete all the '.DS_Store' files in a directory, you only need to use one command below:

Note:

The following command works on Linux.

1. Open your Mac OS X computer Terminal.

2. Next enter the following statement into the Terminal window:

find / path / to-folder (-name '.DS_Store') -delete

Replace '/ path / to / folder' with the directory path, such as "/ var / www / html".

In the above statement, use the find command to search for a specific directory containing the ".DS_Store" file and delete these files when detected.
From now on you can easily delete all ".DS_Store" files before sharing the folder to other users.

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Good luck!