Continually delete meta-files Finder keeps creating on external drives

shut_up_mac.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

path=$1

check() {
    file=$1
    echo "Checking $file"
    # Anything matching /._*
    if [[ $file =~ \/\._. ]] || [[ $file =~ \/\.DS_Store ]]; then
      echo "Shut up $file"
      rm "$file"
    fi
}

find $path |
while read file; do
    check "$file"
done

inotifywait --event CLOSE_WRITE --monitor --format %w%f --recursive $path |
while read file; do
    check "$file"
done