💩 turdmaster

Functions to delete Mac OSX filesystem turds

What are Mac OSX filesystem turds?

Turds are filesystem artefacts on Mac OSX that start with . and are created by the OS to hold extra filesystem attributes supported by HFS+ or other OSX-specific metadata.

Specifically, they are the files:

• .DocumentRevisions-V100;
• .Spotlight-V100;
• .TemporaryItems;
• .Trashes;
• .fseventsd;
• Any file that starts with ._ and of which the first 16 header bytes translates to the hexadecimal string 00051607000200004d6163204f532058.

When moving to linux or windows, or deploying files to a server, these turds are of no value.

is_turd

Checks whether a file is a turd and exits with status 0 if true or 1 if false (for use in pipe).

dump_turd

Checks whether a file is a turd and removes it if so.

dump_turds

Searches a path for turds and removes them.

Installation

Just put the scripts in your ${HOME}/.bin folder or put them in ${HOME}/.bin/turdmaster - make sure the one you use is added to the PATH variable in your shell's rc file.