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Removing __MACOSX and .DS_Store artefacts from zip files (MacOSX Only)
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Be a better MacOSX Developer

The Problem .DS_Store and __MACOSX files have littered servers, codebases and your colleague's workstations since Apple Inc. decided that MacOSX browsing speeds was more important than the general hygiene of the internet. Here's a cheatsheet to help you clean up after yourself.

Zipping without artefacts

zip -r data.zip . -x ".DS_Store" -x "__MACOSX"

Removing injects from existing zip files

zip -d data.zip "__MACOSX/*" zip -d data.zip "*/.DS_Store"

Removing artefacts from zip files (bulk delete)

for f in *.zip; do zip -d "$f" "__MACOSX/*"; done

for f in *.zip; do zip -d "$f" "*/.DS_Store"; done

I use this a lot on the staging areas right before I upload to my ftp servers.

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