zsh-safe-rm

Zsh plugin to add safe-rm functionality so that rm will put files in your OS's trash instead of permanently deleting them.

Usage

rm is aliased to use safe-rm, which is a drop-in replacement for rm with all the same flags for a seamless transition.

del is also aliased to safe-rm to help re-habit your muscle memory to a less destructive command. That way, if you are ever on a system without safe-rm, you aren't too confortable with using rm as a safe command. del is the recommended way to use safe-rm.

As with all zsh commands, if you need to get back to the builtin rm, there are options:

# simply use a leading backslash
\rm -i obliterate_me.txt

# or use 'command' prefix (command is a "zsh precommand modifier")
command rm -i nuke_it_from_orbit.txt

# or make an alias in .zshrc
alias unsafe-rm="command rm -i"
unsafe-rm this_is_really_gonna_hurt.txt

Installation

Manually

Add the following to your .zshrc:

[[ -d ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zplugins/zsh-safe-rm ]] || \
  git clone --recursive --depth 1 https://github.com/mattmc3/zsh-safe-rm ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zplugins/zsh-safe-rm
source ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zplugins/zsh-safe-rm/zsh-safe-rm.plugin.zsh

With a plugin manager

This plugin should work with most Zsh plugin managers, assuming they support git submodules. See the documentation for your preferred plugin manager for installation instructions. Or, if you don't already have one or yours doesn't support submodules, have a look at antidote.

antidote install mattmc3/zsh-safe-rm

With oh-my-zsh

ZSH_CUSTOM=${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$ZSH/custom/plugins}
git clone --recursive --depth 1 https://github.com/mattmc3/zsh-safe-rm $ZSH_CUSTOM/zsh-safe-rm
# now add zsh-safe-rm to your plugins array in .zshrc

Contributing

This project is a zsh plugin wrapper for the shell-safe-rm project and assumes no liability for the functionality of that utility. Bugs or issues with the safe-rm functionality should be submitted to that project's maintainer.

Reference

• shell-safe-rm
• Precommand modifiers