How to remove "._" files in a directory? Ubuntu

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Is there a command line to remove all "._foo.html" files in a directory on Unbuntu?

score 37 · Answer 1 · edited May 25 '22 at 19:53

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I use the following command to remove all of those annoying Apple files, but this one also does it recursively through all sub-directories, too:

# find . -iname '._*' -delete

edited May 25 '22 at 19:53

Khurram Raza

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answered Jun 24 '10 at 00:42

James

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+1 I came back to my question after I realized a recursive version of this command is what I really need. Thank you for adding the answer. – Christopher Altman Jun 28 '10 at 15:14
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awesome. This one should be accepted as answer rather than the one above. – Damodar Bashyal Mar 29 '16 at 00:15
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Or, more simply: `find . -iname "._*" -delete` – Dan Loewenherz Jun 22 '16 at 21:03
@ChristopherAltman, is this is really what you needed, you should accept this answer instead? – Steven C. Howell Aug 26 '16 at 20:56
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-name should be sufficient instead of -iname – rooby Sep 05 '16 at 04:06
If you get paranoid (like me) you can always do a "dry run" on these types of executable-finds by first running them sans-exec: `find . -iname '._*'` – Kyle Challis Jan 30 '18 at 22:36

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 23 '10 at 17:49

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rm ./._*

more stuff since it must be at least 15 characters.

answered Jun 23 '10 at 17:49

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Also, this resource http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1629 may be helpful in preventing their creation in the first place. – Chris Nava Jun 23 '10 at 21:14
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`./` is redundant. – kasperd May 22 '17 at 07:34

Ogier Schelvis · Answer 3 · 2017-12-01T10:23:06.300

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I use James' answer so often during webdevelopment I created my own command in ~/.bash_profile

alias rmd=rmdotfiles
 rmdotfiles(){
   if [ -z "$1" ]; then
      local path=.
   else
      local path=$1
   fi

  find $path -iname '._*' -exec rm -rf {} \;
}

Remember to type . ~/bash_profile after editing the file to make it available.

EDIT: Example usage: rmd /path/to/dir

edited Dec 01 '17 at 10:23

answered Dec 01 '17 at 08:59

Ogier Schelvis

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Also I found that for Mac OSX Users working locally you can use a dot_clean command https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/136801/193609 and https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/dot_clean.1.html – Ogier Schelvis Dec 01 '17 at 10:25

How to remove "._" files in a directory? Ubuntu

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