AddSpotlightExclusion.sh

!/bin/bash

launchctl stop com.apple.metadata.mds && launchctl start com.apple.metadata.mds

vers=$( sw_vers | grep BuildVersion | awk '{print substr($2,0,2)}' )

sdir="/.Spotlight-V100"

if [[ "${vers}" > "18" ]]; then
        sdir="/System/Volumes/Data${sdir}"
fi

cd "${sdir}"
# First let's check if the directory we're adding already exists

search_string=$1

let index="`plutil -extract Exclusions xml1 -o - VolumeConfiguration.plist  | grep string | grep -wn "${search_string}" | cut -d ':' -f 1` - 1"

if [ $index -lt 0 ]; then
        echo Not in array, let\'s add it in.
        plutil -insert Exclusions.0 -string ${search_string} "${sdir}/VolumeConfiguration.plist"
else
        echo Already in array, not doing anything.
fi

# Now we restart mds to apply the changes

launchctl stop com.apple.metadata.mds && launchctl start com.apple.metadata.mds