Move files and directories to the user trash folder.
Syntax trash [-h] [--help] [-s] [-stopOnError] [-v] [--verbose] FILE [FILE...] Key -s --stopOnError Exit with an error if any move to a trash folder fails -h --help Display usage information for the tool and exit -v --verbose Display more verbose status
Bugs: While the correct files do get deleted, changes made with this trash utility may not be correctly reflected by MacOS finder [source].
First appeared in macOS 14.0
Moves a file and directory into the user's trash folder, if the trash folder exists and permissions allow the items to be moved into the trash:
trash demo.txt folder1
"I don't understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we created by nature we call it progress" ~ Ed Begley Jr
Local man page: trash - Command line help page on your local machine.
brew install trash - An alternative command-line trash utility by Ali Rantakari.
rm - Remove files.
rmdir - Remove empty folder.
srm - Securely remove files or directories.