purge

The purge command helps you clean up your original video files after you’ve confirmed the optimized versions are satisfactory. It will only remove original files that have corresponding optimized versions.

• By default, files are moved to your system’s trash/recycle bin for safety
• Confirmation step with files to be removed before proceeding
• Requires explicit confirmation before taking action
• Will not remove files if any .optimizing files are present (unfinished optimization)

It’s important you manually check at least a few of your videos before purging. You could also run the health command to semi-validate your optimized files before purging the originals.

Usage

nen purge "/media/series/Mob Psycho" # Move originals to recycling bin
nen purge --permanent "/media/series/Mob Psycho" # Delete originals permanently
nen purge --skip-confirmation "/media/series/Mob Psycho" # Skip confirmation step

--permanent, --perm, -p flag (default: False)

Instead of moving files to the trash, permanently delete them. This is useful for saving space on systems where the trash is on the same drive.

Using --perm will won’t just delete the file, it will unlink it. Recovering this data is tedious and requires expertice, and only possible if the data isn’t already overwritten. Make sure you have verified your optimized files first!

--skip-confirmation, --skip, --force (default: False)

Totally skip the confirmation step. Especially dangerous with the --perm flag, but good for automation.

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Full help output:

usage: NanoEncoder purge [-h] [-p] [--skip] directory

positional arguments:
  directory             Path to the target directory

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p, --perm, --permanent
                        Permanently delete files instead of sending them to
                        trash
  --skip, --skip-confirmation, --force
                        Skip confirmation when purging original files
                        (DANGEROUS!)