Safe Remove (rm) command with cache/undo

This is a rm command imitation, but without actually removing anything, only moving it into cache (~/.cache/srm3). By doing this, you can recover accidentally-removed files.

Install

If you have go installed, then you can run:

GOPROXY=direct go install github.com/WestleyR/srm@main

Or via clone:

git clone https://github.com/WestleyR/srm
cd srm/
make
sudo make install # Or without root: 'make install PREFIX=${HOME}/.local'

Aliasing

Optional to add this to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile:

alias rm="srm"

Linking

Instead or addition to aliasing, you can symlink srm -> rm in a first-search path directory.

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin ...

# ln -s /usr/local/bin/srm /usr/local/sbin/rm

This way, rm will always run srm, even for other users. You can always run the normal rm by calling /bin/rm ....

Disclaimer

This is not designed to be a foolproof rm command, you still need to be careful.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of The Clear BSD License. See the LICENSE file for more details.