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DS_Store files (windows sharing might be a solid reason,) it's best to leave them “as is.” There's no performance benefit in deleting . DS_Store files. They are harmless files that don't usually cause any problems.
To remove a directory and all its contents, including any subdirectories and files, use the rm command with the recursive option, -r . Directories that are removed with the rmdir command cannot be recovered, nor can directories and their contents removed with the rm -r command.
find can do that. Just add -delete:
find . -name ".DS_Store" -delete
find . -name ".DS_Store" -print -delete
This will delete all the files named .DS_Store in the current path while also displaying their relative paths
The best way to do this cleanly is using:
find . -type f \( -name ".DS_Store" -o -name "._.DS_Store" \) -delete -print 2>&1 | grep -v "Permission denied"
This removes the files, hides "permission denied" errors (while keeping other errors), printing out a clean list of files removed.
Here is how to remove recursively the .DS_Store file
Open up Terminal In the command line, go to the location of the folder where all files and folders are:
cd to/your/directory
Then finally, type in the below command:
find . -name '.DS_Store' -type f -delete
Press Enter
Cheers!!
You can also use extended globbing (**):
rm -v **/.DS_Store
in zsh, bash 4 and similar shells (if not enabled, activate by: shopt -s globstar).
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