Remove all node_modules folder from PC
Kuldeep Singh
Posted on May 24, 2024
If you ever thing that there are a lot of project you are working and you have lot of node_modules folder you have to delete to save up space when you only have 512SSD.
Here is a python script for deleting all those node_modules
folder.
import os
import argparse
import shutil
all_node_path = []
block_path = ['$RECYCLE.BIN','System Volume Information']
def getNodeModulesPaths(path):
try:
with os.scandir(path) as entries:
for entry in entries:
if entry.is_dir():
if(entry.name == 'node_modules'):
all_node_path.append(entry.path)
elif(entry.name in block_path):
continue
else:
getNodeModulesPaths(path+'/'+entry.name)
return 1
except Exception as e:
print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
return []
def remove_directory(directory_path):
try:
shutil.rmtree(directory_path)
print(f"'{directory_path}' removed successfully.")
except OSError as e:
print(f"Error: {directory_path} : {e.strerror}")
def main():
# arguments
args_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="CLI tool for removing all node_module folder for given path")
args_parser.add_argument('-p', '--path', required=True, type=str,help="full path from where you want to remove node_module ")
args = args_parser.parse_args()
getNodeModulesPaths(args.path)
for path in all_node_path:
print(path)
total_paths = len(all_node_path)
confirm_rm = input("Are you sure you want to delete above "+str(total_paths)+" folder(y/n):").lower()
if(confirm_rm == 'y'):
for path in all_node_path:
remove_directory(path)
print("Removed "+str(total_paths)+' node_modules successfully!')
return 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
How to use it
Just run python main.py -p '<pathtofolder>'
it is going to scan all node_modules folder in path and going to delete them.
Run it carefully also check the folders before confirming
Here is GitHub link for repo: github.com/kuldeepdev407/rm_node_modules
If i missed something in code feel free to create Issue Or PR.
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Kuldeep Singh
Posted on May 24, 2024
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