ENAMLCLEAN(1)

📦 version 0.19.0, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ ENAMLCLEAN(1) ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because this little cutie lives in the Enaml documentation and it is literally here to do one job and do it gorgeously 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

enamlclean — it removes .enamlc files. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🧹✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enamlclean [-V VERSION] [-p PACKAGE] [DIR_OF_FILE]

she's small, she's mighty, she takes a couple of flags and optionally a file or directory to point her at 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

enamlclean goes through and clears out .enamlc files — those compiled bytecode-ish leftovers from Enaml. if you've ever wondered "why is there a __enamlcache__ directory in my life," this is the girl who fixes that for you 🫶

you can aim her at a whole Debian package, at a specific Python version's stuff, or at one single file if you're feeling precise. mix and match, she doesn't mind. icon behaviour, honestly 👑

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -h, --help — prints a help message and dips. the polite exit. 🚪✨
  • -v, --verbose — turns on verbose mode. she will yap about what she's doing and honestly? we love that for her.
  • -q, --quiet — be quiet. shhh. 🤫 not a single peep.
  • -p PACKAGE, --package=PACKAGE — name the Debian package you wanna clean. heads up: combining this with DIR_OR_FILE will additionally narrow down the list of files, so you get extra precision for free 💅
  • -V VERSION — say which Python version to clean. very demure, very specific. 🐍

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

🍓 clean a whole package

enamlclean -p python3-foo

removes every single .enamlc file and __enamlcache__ directory from the package python3-foo. gone. dusted. ✨

🍓 just one Python version please

enamlclean -V 3.11 /usr/lib/python3/

removes all .enamlc files for python 3.11 only. nobody else gets touched. boundaries, bestie 🎀

🍓 one specific file

enamlclean -V 3.11 /usr/lib/foo/bar.enaml

removes /usr/lib/foo/__enamlcache__/bar.enaml-cpython-311-*.enamlc. yes, that whole globby little family. bye 👋

🍓 the classic

enamlclean /usr/lib/python3/

removes all .enamlc files and __enamlcache__ directories for Python 3. the default queen behaviour 🔥

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Alexander Sulfrian, 2025 — thank you for your service, king 🫡

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was Enaml 0.19.0, dated 2026-03-20, and it's giving <rainbow>ENAMLCLEAN(1)</rainbow> energy from start to finish 🌈💖 go forth and clean those caches, mwah 😘

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