scripts/cleanup_aux_xml.py

import os
from pathlib import Path

def remove_aux_xml_files(dataset_path):
    """Remove all QGIS-generated .aux.xml files from the dataset."""

    dataset_path = Path(dataset_path)
    removed_count = 0

    print("=" * 70)
    print("MatchGeo-DEM .aux.xml Cleanup")
    print("=" * 70)

    # Walk through all directories
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dataset_path):
        for file in files:
            if file.endswith('.aux.xml'):
                filepath = Path(root) / file
                print(f"🗑️  Removing: {filepath}")
                filepath.unlink()
                removed_count += 1

    print(f"\n✅ Removed {removed_count} .aux.xml files")
    print("=" * 70)

    return removed_count

if __name__ == "__main__":
    dataset_path = "/home/sabrina/Documents/Tese/05_Dataset/MatchGeo-DEM-v1/data"
    remove_aux_xml_files(dataset_path)