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find top-folder -type f -name "'.DS_Store"DS_Store' -exec rm -f {} + or, more simply,
find top-folder -type f -name "'.DS_Store"DS_Store' -delete where top-folder is the path to the top folder you'd like to look under.
To print out the paths of the found files before they get deleted:
find top-folder -type f -name "'.DS_Store"DS_Store' -print -exec rm -f {} + find top-folder -type f -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -f {} + or, more simply,
find top-folder -type f -name ".DS_Store" -delete where top-folder is the path to the top folder you'd like to look under.
To print out the paths of the found files before they get deleted:
find top-folder -type f -name ".DS_Store" -print -exec rm -f {} + find top-folder -type f -name '.DS_Store' -exec rm -f {} + or, more simply,
find top-folder -type f -name '.DS_Store' -delete where top-folder is the path to the top folder you'd like to look under.
To print out the paths of the found files before they get deleted:
find top-folder -type f -name '.DS_Store' -print -exec rm -f {} + find top-folder -type f -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -f {} + or, more simply,
find top-folder -type f -name ".DS_Store" -delete where top-folder is the path to the top folder you'd like to look under.
To print out the paths of the found files before they get deleted:
find top-folder -type f -name ".DS_Store" -print -exec rm -f {} +