clean macOS files from external drive

clean.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Path to the external drive
EXTERNAL_DRIVE="$1"

# Remove .DS_Store, .Trashes, and Icon files
find "$EXTERNAL_DRIVE" -name ".DS_Store" -delete
find "$EXTERNAL_DRIVE" -name "Icon\r" -delete
find "$EXTERNAL_DRIVE" -name ".Trashes" -exec rm -rf {} +

# Disable Spotlight indexing
sudo mdutil -i off "$EXTERNAL_DRIVE"
sudo rm -rf "$EXTERNAL_DRIVE/.Spotlight-V100"

# Disable .fseventsd logging
sudo touch "$EXTERNAL_DRIVE/.fseventsd/no_log"

# Prevent Trash creation (optional, but must be manually emptied)
rm -rf "$EXTERNAL_DRIVE/.Trashes"