News How to Send Files to Trash from the Linux Command Line

[Admin]

In Windows you have a recycle bin to give you a chance to avoid deleting your files. Here’s what you do in Linux.

How to Send Files to Trash from the Linux Command Line : Read more

 

[unis_torvalds]

Thank you Toms for this practical article!

However is important to mention that the commands shown are specific to Debian (and derivatives like Ubuntu).

Otherwise you risk confusing beginners who have a different package manager with their distro.

 

[juliancardich]

The recommended way to send files to the trash from the shell is

gio trash myfile

There is nothing to install.

 

[bit_user]

It's also worth mentioning that people can enable periodic or manual snapshots on filesystems like BTRFS and ZFS that support them. If you use snapshots, then it protects you not only from unintended deletion but also accidental modification and corruption.

As for specific instruction or guidance on snapshot usage, that's worth an article all by itself. I'm sure anyone interested can already find a couple, out there.