tasks.json

//this file is used by launch.json
{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    // this task changes into the devtools directory and deletes the temp_debug/axolotl_outputs folder
    {
      "label": "delete-outputs",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "rm -rf temp_debug/axolotl_outputs",
      "options":{ "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/devtools"},
      "problemMatcher": []
    },
    // this task changes into the devtools directory and deletes the `temp_debug/.hf-cache/datasets` folder
    {
      "label": "delete-temp-hf-dataset-cache",
      "type": "shell",
      "command": "rm -rf temp_debug/.hf-cache/datasets",
      "options":{ "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/devtools"},
      "problemMatcher": []
    },
      // this task combines the two tasks above
    {
     "label": "cleanup-for-dataprep",
     "dependsOn": ["delete-outputs", "delete-temp-hf-dataset-cache"],
    }
  ]
}