quick script to run a .DS_Store deletion process on volumes

rm-dsstore

#!/bin/zsh
# shellcheck shell=bash

# rm-dsstore v0.2
# macOS Catalina and later only!

if [[ $(id -u) != 0 ]] ; then
	echo "Please run as root user!" >&2
	exit
fi

if ! [[ $* ]] ; then
	echo "Deleting all .DS_Store files on the boot volume..."
	find "/System/Volumes/Data" -type f -name \( -name .DS_Store -o -name ._.DS_Store \) -print -delete 2>/dev/null
else
	for volume in "${@}"
	do
		if [[ $volume == "/" ]] ; then
			echo "Deleting all .DS_Store files on the boot volume..."
			volume="/System/Volumes/Data"
		else
			volname=$(basename "$volume")
			if ! [[ -d "$volume" ]] ; then
				echo "Target does not exist: $volname" >&2
				continue
			else
				if ! [[ -w "$volume" ]] ; then
					echo "Target is not writable: $volname" >&2
					continue
				else
					echo "Deleting all .DS_Store files in: $volname"
				fi
			fi
		fi
		find "$volume" -type f \( -name .DS_Store -o -name ._.DS_Store \) -print -delete 2>/dev/null
	done
fi

[[ $(pgrep -x Finder) ]] && { echo "Restarting Finder..." ; killall Finder ; }

echo "Done"
exit

Great to have you on board rm-dsstore. :)

v0.2: also removes ._.DS_Store AppleDouble files… now only for Catalina & later