Difference between revisions of "Make 'rm' move files to the trash instead"
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Revision as of 20:31, 10 July 2016
Use this feature to be able to undelete any file if desired. Originally the command rm deletes permanetely.
Put this at your ~/.bash_profile
function rm () {
local path
for path in "$@"; do
# ignore any arguments
if "$path" = -* ; then :
else
local dst=${path##*/}
# append the time if necessary
while [ -e ~/.Trash/"$dst" ]; do
dst="$dst "$(date +%H-%M-%S)
done
mv "$path" ~/.Trash/"$dst"
fi
done
}