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Think of it as going to the most high level folder, doing a Ctrl Find, and searching .DS_Store and deleting them all.

I want them all deleted, from all subfolders and subfolders subfolders and so on. Basically inside the top level folder, there should be no .DS_Store file anywhere, not even in any of its subfolders.

What would be the command I should enter?

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    If you're on a mac they are going to automatically recreate themselves. Try this guide to disable it: pixelcog.com/blog/2016/disable-ds_store-in-el-capitan Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 13:41
  • The OP tagged Linux; can the OP confirm or deny being on MacOS? Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 13:46
  • @JeffSchaller Ah, I skipped over the tags. I just know of ds_store as a mac thing however I'm assuming he's copied the files off a mac to linux which is an issue I deal with often as well. Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 13:49
  • Yes I am on a linux machine Commented Aug 27, 2017 at 14:22

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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 {} +
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