Make 'rm' move files to the trash instead

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Use this function to move files to ~/.Trash instead of deleting them immediately with rm.

Add the function to ~/.bash_profile.

>_Override rm to move files to the Trash

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
}