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Svetlana Belkin
Asked: 2015-09-09 08:00:14 +0800 CST

BleachBit Command Line To Clean All Options

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In my last question (link above), I asked if there is a way to clean all in the Firefox options of BleachBit. I'm writing a script that will clean my computer before I reinstall or install Ubuntu (I'm just like starting fresh). There is a way but is there a command to clean all options instead of doing each (--clean [insert option from bleachbit --list here] *) one by one? Or does that option not exist?

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  1. Best Answer

    The command bleachbit --clean *.* is generally not recommended, so it is not implemented in BleachBit. However, power users can get the same effect with the following mini-script:

    bleachbit --list | grep -E "[a-z0-9_\-]+\.[a-z0-9_\-]+" | xargs bleachbit --clean

    Please note this command ignores all warnings!

    You can filter options by adding another grep before xargs. For example, this may save you a few hours:

    bleachbit --list | grep -E "[a-z0-9_\-]+\.[a-z0-9_\-]+" | grep -v system.free_disk_space | xargs bleachbit --clean

    Reference: BleachBit forum: Command line: delete everything

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  2. Provided that you have a preset in your

    $HOME/.config/bleachbit/bleachbit.ini

    you can do:

    bleachbit -c --preset

    the good thing about that is that your preset settings can be exactly what you need.

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