cleanpy 0.4.0

cleanpy is a CLI tool to remove caches and temporary files that related to Python.

cleanpy

• Summary

• Installation

  • Installation: pip

  • Installation: snap

• Usage

  • Execution example

  • Command help

• Dependencies

Summary

cleanpy is a CLI tool to remove caches and temporary files related to Python.

Installation

Installation: pip

pip install cleanpy

Installation: snap

sudo snap install cleanpy

Usage

cleanpy DIR_PATH [DIR_PATH ...]

cleanpy will remove cache files and temporary files under the DIR_PATH

Remove files/directories are as follows:

• files:

  • *.pyc

  • *.pyo

• directories:

  • __pycache__

  • .cache

  • .mypy_cache

  • .pytest_cache

You can also remove additional files/directories if the following options are specified:

• --include-builds:

  • build

  • dist

  • docs/_build: [sphinx]

  • *.manifest: [pyinstaller]

  • *.spec: [pyinstaller]

• --include-envs:

  • .venv

  • .nox

  • .tox

• --include-metadata:

  • .eggs

  • *.egg-info

  • .pyre/

  • .pytype/

  • pip-wheel-metadata

• --include-testing:

  • .coverage

  • coverage.xml

  • nosetests.xml

All the above options are specified if you use the --all option.

The following directories are excluded from the remove:

• .git

• .hg

• .svn

• node_modules

Execution example

Clean the current directory except for virtual environments:

cleanpy --all --exclude-envs .

Command help

usage: cleanpy [-h] [-V] [--list] [--follow-symlinks] [--dry-run] [-a] [--include-builds] [--include-envs] [--include-metadata] [--include-testing] [--exclude PATTERN] [--exclude-envs] [-i | -f] [-v | --debug | --quiet] DIR_PATH [DIR_PATH ...]

Remove cache files and temporary files that are related to Python.

Skip directories from recursive search: .git, .hg, .svn, node_modules

positional arguments:
  DIR_PATH            path to a root directory to search.

options:
  -h, --help          show this help message and exit
  -V, --version       show program's version number and exit
  --list              print target directories/files. this does not actually remove directories/files.
  --follow-symlinks   follow symlinks.
  --dry-run           do no harm.
  -i, --interactive   prompt on each file/directory delete.
  -f, --force         delete file/directory without prompt.
  -v, --verbose       shows the verbose output.
  --debug             for debug print.
  --quiet             suppress execution log messages.

Remove Target:
  -a, --all           remove all of the caches and temporary files.
  --include-builds    remove files/directories that are related to build: build, dist, docs/_build
  --include-envs      remove virtual environment caches.
  --include-metadata  remove metadata.
  --include-testing   remove test results and coverage files.
  --exclude PATTERN   a regular expression for files and directories to be excluded from the removes.
  --exclude-envs      exclude virtual environments from deletion.

Issue tracker: https://github.com/thombashi/cleanpy/issues

Dependencies

Python 3.7+

• no external package dependencies

• platform independent