Bash alias to recursively delete Dropbox conflicted files

rmdbc.bash

alias rmdbc="find . -name *\ \(*conflicted* -exec rm {} \;" # recursively delete Dropbox conflicted files
# and/or (smart idea from Gordon Fontenot)
alias rmdbcsafe="find . -name *\ \(*conflicted* -exec mv {} ~/DropboxConflicts/ \;" # recursively move Dropbox conflicted files to temp folder
# or... via TJ Luoma
alias rmdbctrash="find . -name *\ \(*conflicted* -exec mv -v {} ~/.Trash/ \;" # recursively move Dropbox conflicted files to Trash

# More advanced idea combining ideas from @modernscientist and @GFontenot would be
# Hazel or launchd script to move conflicted files to temp folder once a day, and Hazel or launchd script to delete files older than [x]
# Or schedule TJ's idea of moving to Trash and skipping intermediate folder while still maintaining the ability to review
# hmmmm...

I do something similar, but I look for a more specific filename, and move to the Trash folder

find . -name \*\'s\ conflicted\ copy\ \* -exec mv -v {} ~/.Trash/ \;

Nothing short of brilliant. Wouldn't expect anything less from @tjluoma.

If you want to see something really overdone, here's a shell script that I run when I need to compare conflicted copies against one another:

https://github.com/tjluoma/dropdups

(It's a zsh shell script, so I don't claim it is pretty, but it does work, at least for me :-)

Well done. Smart use of horrendous ( characters in filenames!