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Recursively Remove .DS_Store files in OS X (See related posts)

This shell alias will recursively remove all .DS_Store files from the current directory up.

alias rmdsstores='find ./ -type f | grep .DS_Store | xargs rm'
to osx bash shell by justinwr on Sun Jan 13 22:07:29 -0500 2008

Comments on this post

Batzooh posts on Jan 15, 2008 at 11:11
Not very optimized !!.
Two pipes and 3 commands calls.

Here is a best way with only find command :
find . -name *.DS_Store -type f -exec rm {} \;

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