Qt-trash, or aliasing rm to to push-trash

Desktop Environments Plasma
1

Do you alias rm commmand to push-trash, so you can restore/undo your rm ops if done hastly?

2

What package is this from? I use trash-cli, but don’t have rm aliased (don’t like the way it handles interactive mode).

3

Not personally, if I accidentally delete something, I restore it from one of my snapshots.

Honestly, I don’t usually use the trash with my GUI file manager.

4

Correct. It was suggested by Copilot (ChatGPT) AI agent.
trash-cli

5

I use timeshift too. However, sometime, just undo that rm in an instant could be helpful.

6

AI Suggeted:

rm() {
    # If user explicitly uses -rf or -f, do real rm
    if [[ "$*" == *"-rf"* || "$*" == *"-f"* ]]; then
        /bin/rm "$@"
    else
        trash-put "$@"
    fi
}
alias rrm='/bin/rm'
7

Restore with fzf pattern matching

restore() {
    local trash_dir="$HOME/.local/share/Trash"
    local files_dir="$trash_dir/files"
    local info_dir="$trash_dir/info"

    if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
        echo "Usage: restore <pattern>"
        return 1
    fi

    # Find matching trashed files
    local matches=()
    while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
        matches+=("$file")
    done < <(find "$files_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*$1*" -print0)

    if (( ${#matches[@]} == 0 )); then
        echo "No trashed files match: $1"
        return 1
    fi

    echo "Found ${#matches[@]} match(es):"
    local i=1
    for f in "${matches[@]}"; do
        echo "  [$i] $(basename "$f")"
        ((i++))
    done

    # If multiple matches, ask which one
    if (( ${#matches[@]} > 1 )); then
        read -p "Select file number to restore: " choice
        ((choice--))
    else
        choice=0
    fi

    local file="${matches[$choice]}"
    local base="$(basename "$file")"
    local info_file="$info_dir/$base.trashinfo"

    if [[ ! -f "$info_file" ]]; then
        echo "Error: metadata missing for $base"
        return 1
    fi

    # Extract original path
    local orig_path
    orig_path=$(grep '^Path=' "$info_file" | sed 's/Path=//')

    echo "Restoring:"
    echo "  File: $base"
    echo "  To:   $orig_path"

    # Confirm
    read -p "Proceed? [y/N] " ans
    [[ "$ans" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] || return 1

    # Ensure directory exists
    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$orig_path")"

    # Move file back
    mv "$file" "$orig_path"

    # Remove metadata
    rm -f "$info_file"

    echo "Restored successfully."
}