trash-cli
Installation
Install from apt
sudo apt install trash-cli
Or install from pip
sudo pip install trash-cli
Usage
Delete files and folders
trash-put file.txt directory
This example deletes the file file.txt as well as the folder directory
List trash
trash-list
Restore trash
trash-restore
You will be prompted to choose what to restore
Remove trash
trash-rm file.txt
This removes file.txt
Empty trash
trash-empty
Removes everything from trash
trash-empty 10
removes any trash older than 10 days
Or, to make this automatic, set up crontab:
0 3 * * * $(which trash-empty) 30
Which empties any trash older than 30 days at every 3AM
For desktop users, it may be a good idea to have the job run every hour instead:
0 * * * * $(which trash-empty) 30
Which empties any trash older than 30 days at minute 0 of every hour
Daily trash empty timer using systemd
Create the following script at /usr/local/bin/empty-trash.sh:
#!/bin/bash
# Empty all trash older than 30 days
yes | trash-empty 30
Make the script executable for everyone:
sudo chmod 0755 /usr/local/bin/empty-trash.sh
Create the following service at /etc/systemd/user/empty-trash.service to wrap the script into a service for all users. Alternatively, create the script at ~/.config/systemd/user/empty-trash.service to make the service only available to the current user.
[Unit]
Description=Empty Trash for Current User
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/empty-trash.sh
Create the following timer at /etc/systemd/user/empty-trash.timer (or ~/.config/systemd/user/empty-trash.timer for the current user only):
[Unit]
Description=Daily Trash Empty Timer
[Timer]
# Run daily at 4 am
OnCalendar=*-*-* 04:00:00
# Catch up missed runs
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
Enable and start the timer:
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now empty-trash.timer
To check its status:
systemctl --user status empty-trash.timer
To view the logs:
journalctl --user -u empty-trash.service
References
https://linux.cn/article-10029-1.html
https://www.2daygeek.com/trash-cli-command-line-trashcan-linux-system/
https://pypi.org/project/trash-cli/
https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli
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