This is a Spotlight reindexing script for Mac. If you have problems such as your Mac is always indexing your HDDs or the indexing process always crashes.

ReindexSpotlight.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This is a Spotlight reindexing script for Mac.
# If you have problems such as your Mac is always indexing your HDDs
# or the indexing process always crashes.

# turn off all mounted volumes
# remove -a to apply only on current volume
# -a : apply command to all volumes
sudo mdutil -a -i off
# remove all indexed files
sudo rm -rfv /.Spotlight-V100
# turn the spotlight back on with all mounted volumes
sudo mdutil -a -i on
# reindex all mounted volumes
sudo mdutil -aE