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Terminal Tip: Removing hidden files recursively

Clean up .DS_Store and other hidden files with powerful find command

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If you need to remove all those hidden ‘.files’ from some folder recursively, you can cd into the directory where you want to remove them and use the code below:

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find . -name ._\* -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f