mdznr/defaults delete regular expression

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Easily delete all user defaults matching a given format

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defaults delete regular expression

defaults read <domain> | grep -o --regexp="\"NSWindow Frame [^\"]*\"" | xargs -L1 defaults delete <domain>

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mdznr commented Aug 25, 2020 •

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Fish shell function:

# 
# Deletes user defaults in the given domain name matching the given format
# 
# Example usage:
#  
# defaults_delete com.apple.Safari "\"NSWindow Frame [^\"]*\""
# 

function defaults_delete
	defaults read $argv[1] | grep -o --regexp=$argv[2] | xargs -L1 defaults delete $argv[1]
end

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