soft-rm

This is abandonware. If you would like to have the npm package name soft-rm, please open an issue on the repository and I will give it to you.

soft-rm is a small wrapper around rm that does not remove files. It's like a recycle bin for the command line.

Usage

soft-rm file "soft-deletes" the given file.
soft-rm --restore file restores the given file, if possible.
soft-rm --flush file actually, irreversibly, for-real deletes a previously soft-deleted file.
soft-rm --restore-all restores all soft-deleted files.
soft-rm --flush-all actually, irreversibly, for-real deletes all previously soft-deleted files.

You can also add soft-rm --flush-all to your init scripts if you like.

does not work across file systems
"trash" directory is not configurable
does not support most of the rm cli arguments (including useful stuff like -r)