.TH "datalad clean" "1" "2019\-02\-08" ""datalad clean 0.11.2""
.SH NAME
\fBdatalad clean\fR \- clean up after DataLad (possible temporary files etc.)
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.HP
\fBdatalad clean\fR [-h] [-d\~DATASET] [--what [{cached-archives,annex-tmp,search-index} [{cached-archives,annex-tmp,search-index} ...]]] [-r] [--recursion-limit\~LEVELS]


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.SH DESCRIPTION

Removes extracted temporary archives, etc.
.PP
Examples:
.PP
$ datalad clean
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR, \fB--help-np\fR
show this help message. --help-np forcefully disables the use of a pager for displaying the help message
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\fB-d\fR \fI\s-1DATASET\s0\fR, \fB--dataset\fR \fI\s-1DATASET\s0\fR
specify the dataset to perform the clean operation on. If no dataset is given, an attempt is made to identify the dataset in current working directory. Constraints: Value must be a Dataset or a valid identifier of a Dataset (e.g. a path) [Default: None]
.TP
\fB--what\fR [{cached-archives, annex-tmp, search-index} [{cached-archives, annex-tmp, search-index} ...]]
What to clean. If none specified -- all known targets are cleaned. [Default: None]
.TP
\fB-r\fR, \fB--recursive\fR
if set, recurse into potential subdataset. [Default: False]
.TP
\fB--recursion-limit\fR LEVELS
limit recursion into subdataset to the given number of levels. Constraints: value must be convertible to type 'int' [Default: None]
.SH AUTHORS
 datalad is developed by The DataLad Team and Contributors <team@datalad.org>.