Delete Zone.Identifier files in WSL

TL;DR: Run the following code snippet in the WSL command line from the directory where the Zone.Identifier files are located.

find . -name "*:Zone.Identifier" -type f -delete

I use a Windows laptop and rely on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) for my daily work as a software engineer.

One day, I needed to download some design resources from Figma. These resources were initially saved in Windows’ Downloads directory, so I had to cut and paste them into my project directory in WSL.

However, some unexpected files with the Zone.Identifier suffix were also pasted.

# Expectation
my-project/
    ├── icon-1.svg
    └── icon-2.png

# Reality
my-project/
    ├── icon-1.svg
    ├── icon-1.svg:Zone.Identifier
    ├── icon-2.png
    └── icon-2.png:Zone.Identifier

If you encounter the same situation, follow these steps:

1. Open the WSL directory where you pasted the files
2. Press Shift + right-click
3. Choose Open Linux shell here
4. Run the command mentioned right after TL;DR above

After completing these steps, the Zone.Identifier files should be removed from the directory.