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fd

File sizes

Largest files

fd -t f -X du -Sh | sort -rh | head -n 10

Delete files by pattern

fd "pattern" -x echo rm -v --

Clean up empty directories

fd "pattern" --type empty --type directory --bottom-up -x echo rmdir --

Clean up macOS dot files (like dot_clean)

fd -H '^\._' -x echo rm -v --

Last change

Show all files changed within the last year

fd --changed-within 1year -X eza --sort=modified

Show all files which are older than one year

fd --change-older-than 1year -l

If a filename starts with a dash (e.g., -somefile.txt), rm might mistake the filename for a command-line option and throw an error. To prevent this, add -- before the placeholder to tell rm that no more options are coming.