rmsafe 1.1.0

Modern rm replacement with trash, undo, and Btrfs support

rmsafe

A modern rm replacement that moves files to trash instead of deleting them.

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Install

# Homebrew
brew tap leftrk/rmsafe
brew install rmsafe

# pip / uv
pip install git+https://github.com/leftrk/rmsafe.git
uv tool install git+https://github.com/leftrk/rmsafe.git

Usage

Replace rm in your shell:

alias rm='rmsafe trash'

Commands

Command	Description
rmsafe trash <files>	Move files to trash
rmsafe restore <pattern>	Restore trashed files
rmsafe list [pattern]	List trashed files
rmsafe undo [n]	Undo recent deletions
rmsafe undo --list	Show undo history
rmsafe empty [days]	Empty trash
rmsafe status	Trash statistics

Examples

rmsafe trash file.txt              # Move to trash
rmsafe trash *.log --dry-run       # Preview
rmsafe restore file.txt            # Restore
rmsafe undo                        # Undo last deletion
rmsafe undo --list                 # Show history table
rmsafe empty 7                     # Delete files older than 7 days
rmsafe status                      # Panel with stats

Features

• Rich output: Tables, panels, icons, progress bars
• Undo history: Track and undo recent deletions
• Smart UX: Progress bar for batch operations, transient cleanup
• Cross-platform: macOS (~/.Trash), Linux (FreeDesktop Trash spec)
• Btrfs optimized: Zero-copy reflink clone on Linux
• JSONC config: Comments and trailing commas supported

Config

~/.config/rmsafe/config.jsonc:

{
  "trash": { "location": null, "auto_clean_days": 30 },
  "behavior": { "confirm_large_files": "10MB", "undo_history_limit": 100 },
  "output": { "color": "auto", "icons": true }
}

vs trash-cli

Feature	rmsafe	trash-cli
Output	Rich tables/icons	Plain text
Undo history	Built-in	Limited
Progress bar	Yes (≥4 files)	No
Config format	JSONC	INI
Btrfs clone	Yes	No

Development

git clone https://github.com/leftrk/rmsafe.git
cd rmsafe
uv sync --dev
uv run pytest  # 1030 tests

See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

License

MIT