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trash — Move files and directories to the user trash folder. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcod

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Problem

How to use the trash command: Move files and directories to the user trash folder. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/trash.8.html>.

Solution

trash — Move files and directories to the user trash folder. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/trash.8.html>.

Move a file to the trash:

trash {{path/to/file}}

Move multiple items or directories to the trash:

trash {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

Move files to the trash with verbose output:

trash {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Display help:

trash {{[-h|--help]}}

Code Snippets

Move a file to the trash

trash {{path/to/file}}

Move multiple items or directories to the trash

trash {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

Move files to the trash with verbose output

trash {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Display help

trash {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/trash

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