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tjluoma committed Jul 15, 2019
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'Look in the folder "$APP_PATH" for any files named ".DS_Store". What is implied is "and show me the full path to each of them". They could make that explicit by writing it as

find "$APP_PATH" -name ".DS_Store" -print
find "$APP_PATH" -name ".DS_Store" -print

but the effect is the same either way. One way is just more clear.

Step two:
Step two:

| sed 's/ /\\ /'
| sed 's/ /\\ /'

Then send (or "pipe") the output through `sed` and put a slash `/` in front of any spaces. (More on this in a moment.)
Then send (or "pipe") the output through `sed` and put a slash `/` in front of any spaces. (More on this in a moment.)

Step three:

| xargs rm

The send all of those files to the `rm` command (which will delete them).

So, there are several problems here.
So, there are several problems here.

First of all, the `sed` line is completely unnecessary. `find` already has way of dealing with paths with spaces in it. Instead of using `-print` (as shown above) you would just use `-print0` and then you would use `xargs -0 rm` instead of just `xargs rm`.

But then it turns out that `xargs` is completely unnecessary too, as is `-print0` for `find` because **find already has the ability to delete files that it finds.**
But then it turns out that `xargs` is completely unnecessary too, as is `-print0` for `find` because **find already has the ability to delete files that it finds.**

It's called… _wait for it_`-delete`. So that entire line, with two pipes and a completely unnecessary use of `sed`, could be replaced with this one command:

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## Feel free to use, mostly. (aka "License Terms")

This script is free to use/modify/redistribute as you see fit, with the following limitations:
This script is free to use/modify/redistribute as you see fit, with the following limitations:

- Making mention of my name in the acknowledgments would be nice, but not required. Same goes for a link back to here.

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~/Downloads/unpack-zoom.sh ~/Downloads/zoom.pkg

Replace `zoom.pkg` with the actual name of the file that you have downloaded.
Replace `zoom.pkg` with the actual name of the file that you have downloaded.

Any questions/problems, [let me know here](https://github.com/tjluoma/unpack-zoom/issues).

## “I don’t know if I want to keep using Zoom on my Mac, but I _have_ to use Zoom for {insert reason here}…”

If you have an iPhone/iPad or Android device, you might consider [using Zoom’s mobile apps](https://www.zoom.us/download) instead. That’s what I have decided to do for the time being.


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