rmtrash - Alternatives to `rm` on macOS
Move files and directories to the macOS's trash.
rmtrash - Alternatives to `rm` on macOS launched on December 1, 2024 with 10 votes, #1,989 of 5,365 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
rmtrash is a small utility that will move the file to macOS's Trash rather than obliterating the file (as rm does). - TBXark/rmtrash
rmtrash is a small utility that will move the file to macOS's Trash rather than obliterating the file (as rm does). - tbxark/rmtrash
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