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dot_clean — Merge ._* files with corresponding native files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-ma

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Problem

How to use the dot_clean command: Merge ._* files with corresponding native files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/dot_clean.1.html>.

Solution

dot_clean — Merge ._* files with corresponding native files. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/dot_clean.1.html>.

Merge all ._* files recursively:

dot_clean {{path/to/directory}}

Don't recursively merge all ._* in a directory (flat merge):

dot_clean -f {{path/to/directory}}

Merge and delete all ._* files:

dot_clean -m {{path/to/directory}}

Only delete ._* files if there's a matching native file:

dot_clean -n {{path/to/directory}}

Follow symlinks:

dot_clean -s {{path/to/directory}}

Print verbose output:

dot_clean -v {{path/to/directory}}

Code Snippets

Merge all `._*` files recursively

dot_clean {{path/to/directory}}

Don't recursively merge all `._*` in a directory (flat merge)

dot_clean -f {{path/to/directory}}

Merge and delete all `._*` files

dot_clean -m {{path/to/directory}}

Only delete `._*` files if there's a matching native file

dot_clean -n {{path/to/directory}}

Follow symlinks

dot_clean -s {{path/to/directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/dot_clean

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