An "rm" alias / wrapper via "trash-cli"
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The trash-cli package is a nice rm alternative that prevents rm tragedies by moving file to trash (~/.local/share/Trash/files) instead of deleting it. This bash script is a wrapper for its “trash-put” command that mimics the exact behavior of rm such that -r/-R argument is required to delete a directory. Use -f for the actual rm.
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Usage
- Install
trash-clipackage. In Debian 7 (also Ubuntu 12) it is available viaapt-get. - Download the script, make it executable, put it to some
$PATHfolder (e.g./usr/local/bin) such that it gets loaded prior to the actualrmlocated in/bin - Alternatively you can use shell alias