Recursively delete Thumbs.db

delete_thumbsdb.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
# Recursively delete all files named Thumbs.db starting from the given path (default: current directory)
# Usage: ./delete_thumbsdb.sh [--dry-run] [path]
 
DRY_RUN=false
TARGET_DIR="."
 
for arg in "$@"; do
  case "$arg" in
    --dry-run|-n) DRY_RUN=true ;;
    *) TARGET_DIR="$arg" ;;
  esac
done
 
if [ ! -d "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
  echo "Error: '$TARGET_DIR' is not a valid directory."
  exit 1
fi
 
if $DRY_RUN; then
  echo "[DRY RUN] No files will be deleted."
fi
 
echo "Searching for Thumbs.db files in: $(realpath "$TARGET_DIR")"
 
if $DRY_RUN; then
  find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "Thumbs.db" -print 2>/dev/null
else
  find "$TARGET_DIR" -type f -name "Thumbs.db" -print -delete 2>/dev/null
fi
 
echo "Done."