trash-cli (bash,zsh)

$ git clone https://github.com/emanon-was/trash-cli.git

Prepare

Add trash-cli/bin to env[PATH].

$ export PATH=/path/to/trash-cli/bin:$PATH

or

Load functions to shell(bash,zsh).

$ source /path/to/trash-cli/share/trash-cli/trash-cli.sh

Usage

trash-put

Move the files to Trash, and create trashinfo file.

$ trash-put test1.txt test2.txt test3.txt test4.txt

trash-list

Read trashinfo files.

$ trash-list
2013-03-11 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test1.txt
2013-03-12 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test2.txt
2013-03-15 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test3.txt
2013-03-21 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test4.txt

All arguments are passed to the sort command to be executed at the end.

$ trash-list -r
2013-03-21 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test4.txt
2013-03-15 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test3.txt
2013-03-12 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test2.txt
2013-03-11 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test1.txt

trash-restore

Restore the files to previous position.

$ trash-restore
  1 2013-03-11 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test1.txt
  2 2013-03-12 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test2.txt
  3 2013-03-15 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test3.txt
  4 2013-03-21 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test4.txt
What file to restore [1..4]: 1 3

You can choose some.

trash-empty

The default is to delete all.

$ trash-empty
2013-03-11 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test1.txt
2013-03-12 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test2.txt
2013-03-15 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test3.txt
2013-03-21 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test4.txt
Delete these 4 files really? [y/n] y

Delete the files from N day before.

$ trash-empty 7
2013-03-11 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test1.txt
2013-03-12 08:37:49 /home/emanon/test2.txt
Delete these 2 files really? [y/n] y

trash-remove

Delete the files that match the pattern.

$ trash-remove "*"
2013-03-26 04:46:59 /home/emanon/test1.txt
2013-03-26 04:46:59 /home/emanon/test2.txt
2013-03-26 04:46:59 /home/emanon/test3.txt
2013-03-26 04:46:59 /home/emanon/test4.txt
Delete these 4 files really? [y/n] y

If more than one pattern

$ trash-remove "test3*" "test1*"
2013-03-26 04:46:59 /home/emanon/test1.txt
2013-03-26 04:46:59 /home/emanon/test3.txt
Delete these 2 files really? [y/n] y

Warning

Depends on Bash or Zsh.