The go-trash is simple CLI, that move files and folder to the trashbox written in Go.
Works on Linux and Windows 11.
$ ./go-trash -h
Usage: go-trash [-hlt] [-o File] [-u File] [parameters ...]
-h Show help
-l List trashed files
-o File Output file to location
-t Run TUI mode
-u File Restore files to original location
Display the contents of the trash (~/.local/share/Trash)
Press Enter toggle to detail mode
TBD: Preview file
Press U to undelete file to its original location.
Press / to display filter.
- Windows
C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe aaa.txt bbb_dir
- Linux
~$ ./go-trash aaa.txt bbb_dir
- Windows
C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe -l
🗑️ TrashBox 🗑️
FileName : aaa.txt
Location : C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt
InTrashBox : C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-xxx\$RABCD.txt
DateDeleted : 2023/1/2 12:34:56
Size : 1234
FileName : bbb_dir
Location : C:\Users\user\Desktop\bbb_dir
InTrashBox : C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-xxx\$R1C0U4Q
DateDeleted : 2023/1/2 12:34:56
Size : 0
- Linux
~$ ./go-trash -l
🗑️ TrashBox 🗑️
FileName : aaa.txt
Location : /home/user/aaa.txt
InTrashBox : /home/user/.local/share/Trash/files/aaa.txt
DateDeleted : 2023-01-23T12:34:56
Size : 1234
FileName : bbb_dir
Location : /home/user/bbb_dir
InTrashBox : /home/user/.local/share/Trash/files/bbb_dir
DateDeleted : 2023-01-23T12:34:56
Size : 0
If only one file or directory exists, restore it
- Windows
C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe -u aaa.txt
Restore : C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt
- Linux
~$ ./go-trash -u bbb_dir
Restore: /home/user/bbb_dir
If more than one file exists, restore the file with the selected 'ID'
- Windows
C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe aaa.txt ../aaa.txt
C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe -u aaa.txt -o test.txt
ID DateDeleted FileSize Path
0 2024-01-01 12:34:56 7 C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt
1 2024-01-01 12:35:00 130 C:\Users\user\aaa.txt
Which one do you restore? > 0
Restore C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt → C:\Users\user\Desktop\test.txt
- Linux
~$ ./go-trash bbb_dir /tmp/bbb_dir
~$ ./go-trash -u bbb -o test
ID DateDeleted FileSize Path
0 2024-01-01 12:34:56 0 /home/user/bbb_dir
1 2024-01-01 12:35:00 0 /tmp/bbb_dir
Which one do you restore? > 0
Restore /home/user/bbb_dir → /home/user/bbb_dir