I don't want the .aux, .log and .synctex.gz files when using pdflatex

Question

I just want to have a .tex file which I compile with pdflatex and end up with a .pdf file. I don\'t want all the other .aux

Answer 1

Write a shell-script wrapper which removes the files:

#!/bin/sh
pdflatex "$@" && rm -f *.aux *.log *.synctex.gz

Bonus-assignment: modifying the script to only remove the files actually created by pdflatex.