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https://github.com/kaelzhang/shell-safe-rm
😎 Safe-rm: A drop-in and much safer replacement of bash rm with nearly full functionalities and options of the rm command! Safe-rm will act exactly the same as the original rm command.
https://github.com/kaelzhang/shell-safe-rm
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😎 Safe-rm: A drop-in and much safer replacement of bash rm with nearly full functionalities and options of the rm command! Safe-rm will act exactly the same as the original rm command.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/kaelzhang/shell-safe-rm
- Owner: kaelzhang
- License: other
- Created: 2013-03-18T13:45:53.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-02-20T15:00:55.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-15T12:33:07.099Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: alternative, bash, command, command-line, linux, mac, macos, macosx, remove, replacement, rm, safe-rm, shell, trash
- Language: Shell
- Homepage:
- Size: 31.3 KB
- Stars: 407
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 32
- Open Issues: 15
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE-MIT
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A much safer replacement of bash `rm` with **ALMOST FULL** features of the origin `rm` command.
Initially developed on Mac OS X, then tested on Linux.
Using `safe-rm`, the files or directories you choose to remove will move to `$HOME/.Trash` instead of simply deleting them. You could put them back whenever you want manually.
If a file or directory with the same name already exists in the Trash, the name of newly-deleted items will be ended with the current date and time.
## Supported options
For those implemented options, safe-rm will act **exactly the same** as the original `rm` command
`-i`, `--interactive`
`-f`, `--force`
`-r`, `-R`, `--recursive`, `--Recursive`
`-v`, `--verbose`
`--`
Combined short options are also supported, such as
`-rf`, `-riv`, etc
## Usual Installation
Add an alias to your `~/.bashrc` script,
```sh
alias rm='/path/to/bin/rm.sh'
```
and `/path/to` is where you git clone `shell-safe-rm` in your local machine.
## Permanent Installation
If you have NPM (node) installed (RECOMMENDED):
```sh
npm i -g safe-rm
```
Or normally with `make`:
```sh
make && sudo make install
# and enjoy
```
For those who have no `make` command:
```sh
sudo sh install.sh
```
Installing safe-rm will put `safe-rm` in your `/bin` directory. In order to use
`safe-rm`, you need to add an alias to your `~/.bashrc` script and in all yours
currently open terminals, like this:
```sh
alias rm='safe-rm'
```
After installation and alias definition, when you execute `rm` command in the Terminal, lines of below will be printed:
```sh
> rm
safe-rm
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
unlink file
```
which helps to tell safe-rm from the original rm.
## Uninstall
First remove the `alias` line from your `~/.bashrc` file, then
```sh
npm uninstall -g safe-rm
```
Or
```sh
make && sudo make uninstall
```
Or
```sh
sudo sh uninstall.sh
```