Script to disable volume meta on MacOS (OSX)

disableDriveMetadata.sh

#!/bin/bash

printf "\n** Tool to disable metadata on volume **\n\n"
printf "Enable full disk access to delete files:\n"
printf "\tSystem Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access\n"
printf "\tAdd Terminal to have full disk access then restart the terminal\n\n"
DRIVENAME="/Volumes/$1"

if test -z "$1" 
then
    array=()
    while IFS=  read -r -d $'\0'; do
        array+=("$REPLY")
    done < <(find /Volumes -maxdepth 1 -type d -mindepth 1 -print0)
    printf "Select a volume to disable metadata:\n"
    select opt in "${array[@]}"
    do
        DRIVENAME=$opt
        break
    done
fi

echo "Updating: $opt"

### Check if a directory does not exist ###
if [[ ! -d $DRIVENAME ]]
then
    echo "Directory "$DRIVENAME" does NOT exists." 
    exit 9999 # die with error code 9999
fi

mdutil -i off "$DRIVENAME"
rm -rf "$DRIVENAME"/.{,_.}{fseventsd,Trashes,Spotlight-V*}
find "$DRIVENAME"/ -type f -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -f {} \;
mkdir "$DRIVENAME"/.fseventsd
touch "$DRIVENAME"/.fseventsd/no_log "$DRIVENAME"/.metadata_never_index "$DRIVENAME"/.Trashes

read -p "Find and delete all files with prefix ._ (y/n)? " -n 1 -r
if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
then
    find "$DRIVENAME"/ -type f -name "._*" -exec rm -f {} \;
fi

printf "\nDone\n"