Show HN: rm-safely – A shell alias that moves files to trash instead of deleting

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3 points zdkaster | 2 comments | 04 Sep 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.598s | source

I made rm-safely, a simple shell wrapper that moves files to trash instead of permanently deleting them. It prevents accidental deletions from autocomplete mishaps or hasty rm -rf commands.

Should work as a drop-in replacement for rm but safer.

Would appreciate any feedback!

1. Leftium ◴[04 Sep 25 20:15 UTC] No.45131752[source]▶
This moves files to the actual OS system trash/recycle bin: https://www.npmjs.com/package/trash-cli

- Working great on MacOS!

- For some reason the latest versions occasionally didn't work on Windows 11. (I forgot the actual reason...)

I aliased rm=trash and RM=rm so I could still access the real rm when needed.