kcleaner

kcleaner is a secure command-line tool designed to identify and delete KATE backup files such as:

• *.~
• .*~

It provides:

• Safe preview of deletable files
• Interactive confirmation with deselection options
• Persistent configuration file
• Default scan in the current directory

Installation

pip install kcleaner-py

git clone https://github.com/skye-cyber/kcleaner.git
pip install .

Or, if you prefer PEP 517:

pip install . --use-pep517

Usage

kcleaner

• with cmda **rgs

# Use saved config
kcleaner

# Custom pattern (no config needed)
kcleaner --pattern '*~' --pattern '.*~'

# Search a specific folder
kcleaner -d src/ -d docs/

# Disable recursion
kcleaner --no-recursive

# Dry run only
kcleaner --dry-run

• Use command-line arguments to override default config:

kcleaner --pattern '*~' --dry-run

Configuration

On first run, kcleaner creates a .kcleaner_config.json file in the same directory. You can edit it to change:

• Search pattern (e.g., .*~, *~)

• Default behavior

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

See the LICENSE file for more details. See the LICENSE file for details.