Linux: Use trash instead of rm

Why use trash instead of rm ?

If you wrongly rm sth, it can’t recovered.

While if you just move sth to trash, it could be recovered.

Use trash in your Linux

1. Install trash command.
   In Ubuntu 14.04, run: sudo apt-get install trash

2. Add following lines into ~/.bashrc.

   alias trash="trash"
   alias th="trash"
   alias del="trash"
   alias rm="echo Use 'del' to move to trash, or the full path i.e. '/bin/rm'"
   alias trash-restore="restore-trash" # since trash-restore is easy to use than original restore-trash.
   

3. Let it take effect, run: source .bashrc

Examples

1. To delete sth

   touch foo
   del foo
   

   or

   touch foo
   th foo
   

2. View all deleted files: trash-list
3. How to restore?

   1. First way: run trash-restore, and input index of file you want to restore.

   2. Second way: Go to /home/$username/.local/share/Trash/files and save your file.