Recursively remove files

Question

Does anyone have a solution to remove those pesky ._ and .DS_Store files that one gets after moving files from a Mac to A Linux Server?

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Answer 1

You could switch to zsh instead of bash. This lets you use ** to match files anywhere in a directory tree:

$ rm /var/www/html/**/_* /var/www/html/**/.DS_Store

You can also combine them like this:

$ rm /var/www/html/**/(_*|.DS_Store)

Zsh has lots of other features that bash lacks, but that one alone is worth making the switch for. It is available in most (probably all) linux distros, as well as cygwin and OS X.

You can find more information on the zsh site.