peiris · June 2, 2019 17:19
diff --git a/Clear all Node Modules Folders Recursively Mac-Linux b/Clear all Node Modules Folders Recursively Mac-Linux
 - Open your terminal.
 - Browse to your master project directory or the top level of where you have a bunch of projects stored.
 - Run the command: ``find . -name "node_modules" -type d -prune -exec rm -rf '{}' +``

 ####How it works

 ``find .`` Instructs the find program to search for files in the current directory ..
 ``-name "node_modules"`` Instructs the find program to search for files named “node_modules”.
 ``-type d`` Instructs the find program to only look for file directories named “node_modules”.
 ``-prune`` Instructs the find program to not descend into the current file/directory for it to exclude child “node_modules” directories. On Mac, since -d was specified, -prune has no effect on the find program’s lookup results (per the man pages). However, on Linux, -prune still instructs the find program to not descend into the current file/directory.
 ``-exec rm -rf '{}' +`` Instructs the find program to execute rm -rf on the matching results. The code '{}' + instructs the command line to be built by appending each selected file name at the end thus invoking the rm -rf command less times than the total number of “node_modules” directory matches. This helps with performance.
	- Open your terminal.
	- Browse to your master project directory or the top level of where you have a bunch of projects stored.
	- Run the command: ``find . -name "node_modules" -type d -prune -exec rm -rf '{}' +``

	####How it works

	``find .`` Instructs the find program to search for files in the current directory ..
	``-name "node_modules"`` Instructs the find program to search for files named “node_modules”.
	``-type d`` Instructs the find program to only look for file directories named “node_modules”.
	``-prune`` Instructs the find program to not descend into the current file/directory for it to exclude child “node_modules” directories. On Mac, since -d was specified, -prune has no effect on the find program’s lookup results (per the man pages). However, on Linux, -prune still instructs the find program to not descend into the current file/directory.
	``-exec rm -rf '{}' +`` Instructs the find program to execute rm -rf on the matching results. The code '{}' + instructs the command line to be built by appending each selected file name at the end thus invoking the rm -rf command less times than the total number of “node_modules” directory matches. This helps with performance.