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rm Command Replacement Using a Trash Folder

Sunday, January 9, 2005 by digitalpeer

#!/bin/bash
#
# This is an rm replacement to use a trash folder.
#
if [ ! -d $HOME/.junk ]
then
    mkdir $HOME/.junk
fi

case $1 in
-l)
    ls -l $HOME/.junk
    ;;
-p)
    rm $HOME/.junk/*
    ;;
*)
    for VAR in $*
    do
        mv $VAR $HOME/.junk/$VAR
    done
esac

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