recursively Spotlight-ignore or delete node_modules folders

del-node-modules.sh

#!/bin/bash

# delete node_modules folder recursively from a specified path using command line
# taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42950501/delete-node-modules-folder-recursively-from-a-specified-path-using-command-line
find . -name 'node_modules' -type d -prune -exec rm -rf '{}' +

node-add-ignore.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# bash script for ignoring all files in node_modules for Spotlight
#
# this will add ignore to all node_moduless in ~ for Spotlight
#
# Usage:
# ./node-add-ignore.sh [path]
# Options: path Path to start looking for node_modules [default: $HOME]
#
# https://github.com/Willian-Zhang/Ignore-node_modules-in-Spotlight

PROGNAME=$(basename $0)
BASE=${1:-$HOME}
red=$(tput setaf 1)
green=$(tput setaf 2)
yellow=$(tput setaf 3)
reset=$(tput sgr0)

set -e

find $BASE -type d -name 'node_modules' | while read dir; do
  if [[ $(grep -o "node_modules" <<< "$dir" | grep ""  -c) == 1 ]]; then
    if [ -f "$dir/.metadata_never_index" ]; then
      echo "${PROGNAME}: ${yellow}$dir already has been ignored ${reset}"
    else
      echo "${PROGNAME}: ${green}Adding ignore to $dir ${reset}"
      touch "$dir/.metadata_never_index"
    fi
  fi
done
  # if [ `grep -o "Permission denied" <<< "$dir" | grep ""  -c` > 0 ]; then
  #   echo "${PROGNAME}: ${red}Permission denieded for `$dir` ${reset}"
  # fi

echo "${reset}All done"