Delete node_modules folder recursively from a specified path using command line

Question

I have multiple npm projects saved in a local directory. Now I want to take backup of my projects without the node_modules folder, as it is taking a lot of space a

Answer 1

bash function to remove node_modules. It will remove all node_modules directories recursively from the current working directory, while printing found paths.

You just need to put in somewhere in your $PATH

rmnodemodules(){

  find . -name 'node_modules' -type d -prune -exec echo '{}' \; -exec rm -rf {} \; 

}