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Move to Trash CLI on macOS
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- Name
- ansidev
- @ansidev
Problem
On Linux, you can move files/folder to Trash from CLI using command called rm
. On macOS, there is also a command called rm
, but this command will delete your files/folder permanently instead of move them to Trash. By default, you must do it via GUI.
Solution
Install the Homebrew package trash using command:
brew install --HEAD macmade/tap/trash
You can alias the default rm command to trash, using the following line into your shell profile file:
if [ -f /usr/local/bin/trash ]; then alias rm="/usr/local/bin/trash"; fi
Then restart the terminal application.
Now, the command rm
will move your files/folder to Trash instead of delete them permanently.