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workaround script to make terminal `rm` work with system Trash

rm

Since you've reached this page, I assume you did the same bad thing I did before. After using rm very_important_file and later realize that you can't retrieve that file.

I'm not sure how to retrieve that file, but I came to write this to avoid doing the same stupid mistake ever again.

You can thank me later :D

This is a custom script used to avoid deleting files forever and instead files will be moved to /Users/user_name/.Trash folder

This script only works if you invoked it directly from the terminal rm file

it doesn't work if any script used rm some_file or if you used rm in other scripts

and this is done for your own safety, but if you need it to work with other scripts, please feel free to contact me and I'll instruct you on how to enable that.

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Install

sudo cp rm.sh /usr/local/bin/rm

you might need to restart the terminal or run source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.bash_profile

Uninstall

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/rm

you might need to restart the terminal or run source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.bash_profile

please make sure that local/bin PATH before /bin PATH

add export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" to .bash_profile or .bashrc to achive this

Usage

rm [OPTION]...FILE...

/bin/rm [OPTION]...FILE... to use the system rm for special cases this script doesn't cover

###Options

option	desc.
-h,--help	display this help text and exit.
--version	output version information and exit.
-r, -R, --recursive	move the directories and their content to the Trash folder.
-f, --forever	remove the directories and their content permanently (will use the system rm).

Bugs

Please report found bugs to https://github.com/artmees/rm/issues

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2013, Ahmed Abdel Razzak. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.