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Recursively remove all weird Apple filesystem flags, xattrs, and ACLs that would keep you from deleting your files
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strip.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Take care to run only from the directory you want to delete, not the parent
find -L . -flags +uchg -exec chflags -h nouchg {} \;
find -L . -flags +schg -exec chflags -h noschg {} \;
chmod -RN .
find . -type l -exec chmod -h -N {} \;
xattr -rcs .
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