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clean_local_tm.sh
# Removes local Time Machine backups
BACKUPS=$(tmutil listlocalsnapshotdates)
echo Deleting local backups...
for d in $BACKUPS; do
# The first line of the output of this command is "Snapshot dates for all disks:"
# so we're just making sure this is a number and presumably a date.
if [ ${d:0:1} == 2 ]; then
echo $d
tmutil deletelocalsnapshots $d
fi
done
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