# find ~/Documents -type f -size 0 -print # USE THE ? MARK FOR EASE OF USE YOU CAN ALSO SUB 'CTRL + V & CTRL + M' FOR ^MĮcho 'Searching Documents for Icon files.'įind ~/Documents -type f -name 'Icon?' -print Įcho 'Removing Icon files from Documents.'
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# SHOW & THEN REMOVE ALL MAC OS ZERO SIZED FILESĮcho 'Searching Documents for ZERO file sized files.'įind ~/Documents -type f -empty -delete -print # SHOW & THEN REMOVE ALL MAC OS DS_Store FILESĮcho 'Searching Documents for DS_Store files.'įind ~/Documents -type f -name ".DS_Store" -print įind ~/Documents -type f -name ".DS_Store" -print -delete # START WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE EMPTY NOW.Įcho 'Searching Documents for empty folders.' # Terminal CLEAN UP YOUR DOCUMENTS FOLDER. # Terminal Location: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app # Terminal: Version: 2.8.2 64-Bit (Intel): Yes They will not be moved to the trash but gone forever. the ones where you have permissions to delete. It will delete all the directories it can. This also applies to the DS_Store & Icon files, PLEASE Be aware of what you're doing.Īlso Note: This script will not ask for confirmation. Please as stated above: Some services or applications might even need certain directories to exist. (Should you be paranoid about if finding a false positive then use: ctrl+ v ctrl+ m instead of the ?) find ~/Documents -type f -name 'Icon?' -print įind ~/Documents -type f -name 'Icon?' -print -delete Upon dragging a picture to the top left it will create the Icon^M file on that directory. Lastly, for Icon File, that doesn't seem to exist on my mac as I have not modified my folder icons, but you can in the inspector. I made this in an effort to improve & provide an alternate solution. I created a script I use to clean my documents folder from time to time, as I am way to OCD and tired of being APP Overloaded & like simplicity. If you want to be asked before removal, change the command to something like the following: find. It'll delete all the directories it can, i.e. Note: This will not ask for confirmation. Now, if you want to delete whatever find outputs, simply append -delete, like so: find. You can of course use any other starting point as well, for example your external disk mounted under /Volumes/ your-disk-name find /Volumes/your-disk-name -type d -empty
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Here, / signifies the root of your Mac OS X file system. To expand this to your entire filesystem, use: find / -type d -empty This will recurse all folders descending from your home directory ( /Users/ your-username/ or short, ~). type d -emptyīy default find lists files and folders, but here, -type d restricts it to directories, and the -empty option shows only empty directories. You can list empty folders with find, when run from Terminal.app: find.
Some services or applications might even need certain directories to exist. First of all note that deleting empty directories usually isn't necessary.
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