+---------+ | rmtrash | +---------+ Put files (and directories) in trash using the trash-put command from trash-cli, in a way that (unlike trash-put itself) is compatible with GNU's rm and rmdir. https://github.com/PhrozenByte/rmtrash +--------------------+ | Use / Installation | +--------------------+ If you don't want to readjust the usage of rm and rmdir, a bash alias is probably a great solution for you. Just add the lines alias rm='rmtrash' alias rmdir='rmdirtrash' alias sudo='sudo ' to your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.bash_profile). The last line is optional, without you'll notice that rmtrash and rmdirtrash won't be called when using sudo. +---------------+ | Usage rmtrash | +---------------+ rmtrash [OPTION]... FILE... Put files (and directories) in trash using the `trash-put` command in a way that is, otherwise as `trash-put` itself, compatible to GNUs `rm`. see /bin/rm --help see /usr/bin/trash-put --help Help options: --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Application options: -f, --force ignore nonexistent files, never prompt -i prompt before every removal -I prompt once before removing more than three files, or when removing recursively. Less intrusive than -i, while still giving protection against most mistakes --interactive[=WHEN] prompt according to WHEN: never, once (-I), or always (-i). Without WHEN, prompt always --one-file-system when removing a hierarchy recursively, skip any directory that is on a file system different from that of the corresponding command line argument --no-preserve-root do not treat '/' specially --preserve-root do not remove '/' (default) -r, -R, --recursive remove directories and their contents recursively -d, --dir remove empty directories -v, --verbose explain what is being done Replacement option: This option is not supposed to be used when calling rmtrash, it helps you to control how and in which cases `rm` is replaced. If you don't set this option, root isn't treated specially. --forbid-root[=HOW] forbid user root to trash files. When standard input is a terminal, 'ask-forbid' and 'ask-pass' will question the user to pass the command to `/bin/rm`. When standard input is no terminal, 'ask-forbid' will abort the command, whereas 'ask-pass' will pass the command to `/bin/rm`. Use 'pass' to pass all commands of user root to `/bin/rm`. If user root should never trash files, use 'always'. In contrast, 'never' treats root in no special way. Without HOW, 'ask-forbid' is assumed By default, rmtrash does not remove directories. Use the --recursive (-r or -R) option to remove each listed directory, too, along with all of its contents. To remove a file whose name starts with a '-', for example '-foo', use one of these commands: rmtrash -- -foo rmtrash ./-foo See also `trash-list` (or `list-trash`), `trash-empty` (or `empty-trash`), `trash-restore` (or `restore-trash`), `trash-rm`, and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at . +------------------+ | Usage rmdirtrash | +------------------+ rmdirtrash [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... Put empty directories in trash using the `trash-put` command in a way that is, otherwise as `trash-put` itself, compatible to GNUs `rmdir`. see /bin/rmdir --help see /usr/bin/trash-put --help Help options: --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit Application options: --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ignore each failure that is solely because a directory is non-empty -p, --parents remove DIRECTORY and its ancestors; e.g., `rmdirtrash -p a/b/c` is similar to `rmdirtrash a/b/c a/b a` -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every directory processed Replacement option: This option is not supposed to be used when calling rmdirtrash, it helps you to control how and in which cases `rm` is replaced. If you don't set this option, root isn't treated specially. --forbid-root[=HOW] forbid user root to trash directories. When standard input is a terminal, 'ask-forbid' and 'ask-pass' will question the user to pass the command to `/bin/rmdir`. When standard input is no terminal, 'ask-forbid' will abort the command, whereas 'ask-pass' will pass the command to `/bin/rmdir`. Use 'pass' to pass all commands of user root to `/bin/rmdir`. If user root should never trash directories, use 'always'. In contrast, 'never' treats root in no special way. Without HOW, 'ask-forbid' is assumed To remove a directory whose name starts with a '-', for example '-foo', use one of these commands: rmdirtrash -- -foo rmdirtrash ./-foo See also `trash-list` (or `list-trash`), `trash-empty` (or `empty-trash`), `trash-restore` (or `restore-trash`), `trash-rm`, and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at .