🗑️ Trash
A blazingly fast and safe alternative to rm, written in Go! 🚀
✨ Features
- 🛡️ Safer deletions: No more accidental data loss! Files and directories are moved to your system's trash instead of being permanently deleted.
- ⚡ Blazingly fast: Leverages the power of Go for lightning-fast performance.
- 📜 XDG Trash Specification: Fully compatible with the XDG Trash spec for cross-platform support.
- 💡 Intuitive: Seamlessly integrates into your workflow as a drop-in
replacement for
rm.
🚀 Installation
Use a pre-built release binary (recommended)
Get the latest release from the releases page. Pre-built binaries are available for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
Install from source
Or install from source:
go install roseh.moe/cmd/trash@latest
🛠️ Usage
Replace rm with trash in your terminal commands for a safer experience:
trash somefile1.txt somefile2.txt somefile3.txt
trash somedirectory/
Recovering Files
Files can be recovered from your system's trash in the
~/.local/share/Trash/files/ directory:
ls ~/.local/share/Trash/files # List all trashed files
mv ~/.local/share/Trash/files/somefile1.txt.* ./somefile1.txt # Restore a trashed file
🌟 Why Use Trash CLI?
- 🧘 Peace of mind: No more oops moments when using
rm. - 🏃 Fast and efficient: Written in Go, optimized for performance.
- 🌎 Portable: Compatible with the XDG Trash spec.
💻 Compatibility
Trash CLI is compatible with: - Linux 🐧 - macOS 🍎 - WSL 🌐
📄 License
This project is licensed under GPLv3 or later. See the COPYING file for details.