trash-cli - Command Line Interface to FreeDesktop.org Trash.

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trash-cli trashes files recording the original path, deletion date, and permissions. It uses the same trashcan used by KDE, GNOME, and XFCE, but you can invoke it from the command line (and scripts).

It provides these commands::

trash-put           trash files and directories. 
trash-empty         empty the trashcan(s).
trash-list          list trashed files.
trash-restore       restore a trashed file.
trash-rm            remove individual files from the trashcan.

Usage

Trash a file::

$ trash-put foo

List trashed files::

$ trash-list
2008-06-01 10:30:48 /home/andrea/bar
2008-06-02 21:50:41 /home/andrea/bar
2008-06-23 21:50:49 /home/andrea/foo

Search for a file in the trashcan::

$ trash-list | grep foo
2007-08-30 12:36:00 /home/andrea/foo
2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/foo

Restore a trashed file::

$ trash-restore
0 2007-08-30 12:36:00 /home/andrea/foo
1 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/bar
2 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/bar2
3 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/foo2
4 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/foo
What file to restore [0..4]: 4
$ ls foo
foo

Restore multiple trashed files separated by ',', also support range::

$ trash-restore
0 2007-08-30 12:36:00 /home/andrea/foo
1 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/bar
2 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/bar2
3 2007-08-30 12:39:41 /home/andrea/foo2
What file to restore [0..3]: 0-2, 3
$ ls foo bar bar2 foo2
foo bar bar2 foo2

Remove all files from the trashcan::

$ trash-empty

Remove only the files that have been deleted more than ago::

$ trash-empty <days>

Example::

$ date
Tue Feb 19 20:26:52 CET 2008
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
2008-02-10 20:11:34 /home/einar/last_week
$ trash-empty 7
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today
2008-02-18 20:11:34 /home/einar/yesterday
$ trash-empty 1
$ trash-list
2008-02-19 20:11:34 /home/einar/today

Remove only files matching a pattern::

$ trash-rm \*.o

Note: you need to use quotes in order to protect the pattern from shell expansion.

FAQ

How to create a top level .Trash dir?

Steps ::

    sudo mkdir --parent /.Trash
    sudo chmod a+rw /.Trash
    sudo chmod +t /.Trash

Can I alias `rm` to `trash-put`?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can but you shouldn't. In the early days I thought it was a good idea to do
that but now I changed my mind. 

Although the interface of `trash-put` seems to be compatible with `rm`, it has
different semantics which will cause you problems. For example, while `rm`
requires `-R` for deleting directories `trash-put` does not.

But sometimes I forget to use `trash-put`, really can't I?

You could alias rm to something that will remind you to not use it::

alias rm='echo "This is not the command you are looking for."; false'

Then, if you really want to use rm, simply prepend a backslash to bypass the alias::

\rm file-without-hope

Note that Bash aliases are used only in interactive shells, so using this alias should not interfere with scripts that expect to use rm.

Where the trashed files go?

File trashed from the home partition will be moved here::

    ~/.local/share/Trash/

How to auto delete files older that 30 days?

Run this::

(crontab -l ; echo "@daily $(which trash-empty) 30") | crontab -

This will update your crontab file with a trash-empty command that runs daily and removes files older than 30 days. To review your crontab use: crontab -l

Installation

The easy way

Requirements:

 - Python 3 (Python 2.7 may work)
 - pip (use `apt-get install python-pip` on Debian,
   use `apt install python3-pip` on Ubuntu)

Installation command::
 
    pip install trash-cli

Note: you may want add ~/.local/bin to the PATH::

    echo 'export PATH="$PATH":~/.local/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
    source ~/.bashrc # reload .bashrc

From sources

System-wide installation::

git clone https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli.git
cd trash-cli
sudo pip install .

User-only installation::

git clone https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli.git
cd trash-cli
pip install .

After the user installation you may want add this line to your .bashrc::

export PATH=~/.local/bin:"$PATH"

For uninstalling use::

pip uninstall trash-cli

From package manager

Debian/Ubuntu (apt)::

    sudo apt install trash-cli

Bugs and feedback
-----------------

If you discover a bug please report it here:

    https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli/issues

You can also email me to [email protected]. On Twitter I'm @andreafrancia.

Development
-----------

Environment setup::

    virtualenv env --no-site-packages
    source env/bin/activate
    pip install -r requirements-dev.txt -r requirements.txt

Running tests::

    pytest -m 'not slow'        # run only fast tests
    pytest -m 'slow'            # run slow tests
    pytest                      # run all tests

Thanks
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Thanks to Paypal donors.

Thanks to `project contributors`_.

Thanks to `JetBrains`_ for their license for Open Source Development

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