This script will recursively delete the .DS_Store file generated by Macintosh computers. It takes a single argument, the path of the directory where you wish to begin the recursive deletion. Works on both Linux and Macs (with GNU find or BSD find)

dsstore_cleanup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# This script will recursively delete the .DS_Store file generated by Macintosh computers.
# It takes a single argument, the path of the directory where you wish to begin the recursive deletion.
#
# works on both Linux and Macs (with GNU find or BSD find)
#
# EXAMPLE:
# dsstore_cleanup.sh /path/to/directory/
#
# v 0.1 2014-08-15 by bill@wellingtonnet.net


if [ "$1" != "" ]; then
    WORKING_PATH="${1%/}"
else
    WORKING_PATH='.'
fi


case $( uname -s ) in
Linux)      find "${WORKING_PATH}" -name .DS_Store -printf \"%p\"\ \  | xargs rm;;

Darwin)     find "${WORKING_PATH}" "-name" ".DS_Store" -exec rm {} \;;;

*)          echo "Sorry, this script is not setup for this OS";;

esac