snippetbashTip

trash — Manage the trashcan/recycling bin. More information: <https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli>.

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

Viewed 0 times

thetrashcancommandrecyclingclimanagebintrash

linux

Problem

How to use the trash command: Manage the trashcan/recycling bin. More information: <https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli>.

trash — Manage the trashcan/recycling bin. More information: <https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli>.

Send a file to the trash:

trash {{path/to/file}}

List all files in the trash:

trash-list

Interactively restore a file from the trash:

trash-restore

Empty the trash:

trash-empty

Permanently delete all files in the trash which are older than 10 days:

trash-empty 10

Remove all files in the trash, which match a specific blob pattern:

trash-rm "{{*.o}}"

Remove all files with a specific original location:

trash-rm /{{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Send a file to the trash

trash {{path/to/file}}

List all files in the trash

trash-list

Interactively restore a file from the trash

trash-restore

Empty the trash

trash-empty

Permanently delete all files in the trash which are older than 10 days

trash-empty 10

tldr-pages: linux/trash

No revisions yet.