NAME

trash-u - Trash files, with undo/redo capability

VERSION

This document describes version 0.18 of trash-u (from Perl distribution File-Trash-Undoable), released on 2015-09-03.

SYNOPSIS

 # trash some files, but in simulation mode, not really trashing the files
 % VERBOSE=1 trash-u --dry-run *.bak

 # trash some files, for real
 % trash-u *.bak

 # list trash contents
 % trash-u --list-contents

 # trash some more files
 % trash-u * .tmp

 # oops, made a mistake; no worry, let's undo; now previous trashing is reversed
 % trash-u --undo

 # undo again; now the *.bak files are also restored
 % trash-u --undo

 # redo; now the *.bak files are trashed again
 % trash-u --redo

 # show history
 % trash-u --history

 # forget history; past actions can no longer be undone/redone
 % trash-u --clear-history

 # empty trash; this action is not undoable (the point is to reclaim space)
 % trash-u --empty

 # display help for more options
 % trash-u --help

DESCRIPTION

This command-line program is an interface to File::Trash::Undoable, which in turn uses File::Trash::FreeDesktop.

Features: undo/redo, dry run mode, per-filesystem trash dir.

This program is relatively new and have not yet been tested extensively. Use with caution.

SUBCOMMANDS

empty

Empty trash.

list_contents

List contents of trash directory.

trash

Trash files (with undo support).

OPTIONS

* marks required options.

Common options

--clear-history

Clear actions history.

--cmd=s

Select subcommand.

--config-path=filename

Set path to configuration file.

Can be specified multiple times.

--config-profile=s

Set configuration profile to use.

--empty

--format-options=s

Pass options to formatter.

--format=s

Choose output format, e.g. json, text.

Default value:

 undef

--help, -h, -?

Display help message and exit.

--history

List actions history.

--json

Equivalent to --format=json-pretty.

--list-contents

--no-config

Do not use any configuration file.

--no-env

Do not read environment for default options.

--redo

Redo previous undone action.

--subcommands

List available subcommands.

--undo

Undo previous action.

--version, -v

Display program's version and exit.

Options for subcommand trash

--files-json=s

Files/dirs to delete (JSON-encoded).

See --files.

--files-yaml=s

Files/dirs to delete (YAML-encoded).

See --files.

--files=s@*

Files/dirs to delete.

Files must exist.

Can be specified multiple times.

USING AS rm REPLACEMENT

trash-u can be used as rm replacement (a.k.a. alias) with some caveats:

• trash-u deletes directories by default

  That is, it behaves as if -R rm option is in effect.

• Some rm options exist but do not have any effect (noop)

• Some rm options are still missing/unknown

  This include: -i/-I/--interactive, --one-file-system, --no-preserve-root.

SEE ALSO

File::Trash::Undoable

File::Trash::FreeDesktop

trash-cli

gvfs-trash

rmv

COMPLETION

This script has shell tab completion capability with support for several shells.

bash

To activate bash completion for this script, put:

 complete -C trash-u trash-u

in your bash startup (e.g. ~/.bashrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is recommended, however, that you install shcompgen which allows you to activate completion scripts for several kinds of scripts on multiple shells. Some CPAN distributions (those that are built with Dist::Zilla::Plugin::GenShellCompletion) will even automatically enable shell completion for their included scripts (using shcompgen) at installation time, so you can immadiately have tab completion.

tcsh

To activate tcsh completion for this script, put:

 complete trash-u 'p/*/`trash-u`/'

in your tcsh startup (e.g. ~/.tcshrc). Your next shell session will then recognize tab completion for the command. Or, you can also directly execute the line above in your shell to activate immediately.

It is also recommended to install shcompgen (see above).

other shells

For fish and zsh, install shcompgen as described above.

ENVIRONMENT

=> str

Specify additional command-line options

CONFIGURATION FILE

This script can read configuration file, which by default is searched at ~/.config/.conf, ~/.conf or /etc/.conf (can be changed by specifying --config-path). All found files will be read and merged.

To disable searching for configuration files, pass --no-config.

Configuration file is in the format of IOD, which is basically INI with some extra features. Section names map to subcommand names.

You can put multiple profiles in a single file by using section names like [profile=SOMENAME] or [SUBCOMMAND_NAME profile=SOMENAME]. Those sections will only be read if you specify the matching --config-profile SOMENAME.

List of available configuration parameters:

Common for all subcommands

 format (see --format)
 format_options (see --format-options)

For subcommand 'empty'

For subcommand 'list_contents'

For subcommand 'trash'

 files (see --files)

FILES

~/.config/.conf

~/.conf

/etc/.conf

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/File-Trash-Undoable.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-File-Trash-Undoable.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=File-Trash-Undoable

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm File::Trash::Undoable

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install File::Trash::Undoable