find and delete all .DS_Store files in a directory and its subdirectories

delete_ds_store.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script to delete all .DS_Store files in the current directory and subdirectories

echo "Starting to search for and delete .DS_Store files..."

# Find and count all .DS_Store files
found_files=$(find . -type f -name ".DS_Store")
count=$(echo "$found_files" | grep -c "^")

if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "No .DS_Store files found."
    exit 0
fi

echo "Found $count .DS_Store files."
echo "Deleting files..."

# Find and delete all .DS_Store files
find . -type f -name ".DS_Store" -delete

echo "Successfully deleted $count .DS_Store files."