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Versionv0.3.1
Revision107
Size9.2 MB
LicenseMIT
Confinementstrict
Basecore18
CategoriesProductivity, Utilities

CLI command to remove cache files and temporary files that related to Python

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cleanpy is a CLI command to remove cache files and temporary files that
related to Python.

Execution example:

$ cleanpy -avf .
[INFO] remove directory [cache - Python]: ./test/_pycache
[INFO] remove directory [cache - pytest]: ./.pytestcache
[INFO] remove directory [env - virtual env]: ./.tox
[INFO] remove directory [build - Python]: ./dist
[INFO] remove directory [cache - mypy]: ./.mypycache
[INFO] remove directory [metadata - type checker]: ./.pytype
[INFO] remove directory [build - Python]: ./build
[INFO] remove directory [metadata - Python]: ./cleanpy.egg-info
[INFO] removed 8 directories


Command help:

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


 Remove cache files and temporary files that related to Python.


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


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


 optional arguments:
   -h, --help          show this help message and exit
   -V, --version       show program's version number and exit
   --list              print target directories/files. does not actually remove.
   -f, --force         no prompt before remove.
   --follow-symlinks   follow symlinks.
   --dry-run           do no harm.
   -v, --verbose       shows verbose output.
   --debug             for debug print.
   --quiet             suppress execution log messages.


 Remove Target:
   -a, --all           remove all of the caches and teporary files.
   --include-builds    remove files/directories that related build: build, dist, docs/build
   --include-envs      remove virtual environments.
   --include-metadata  remove metadata.
   --include-testing   remove test results and coverage files.
   --exclude PATTERN   a regular expression that matches files and directories that should be excluded on recursive
                       searches.
   --exclude-envs      exclude virtual environments.


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

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v0.3.1 (107)
13 Dec 2025, 09:47 UTC

Published2 Feb 2020, 16:07 UTC

Last updated11 Jul 2021, 14:28 UTC

First seen13 Dec 2025, 09:47 UTC