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I would like to create an alias for the move command -

trash='mv <some files> /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files'

How do I make this work?

I want the destination to always be the same. But I want to be able to pass the files to be moved.

bash

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  There is already a command-line interface to the trash: in 18.04 it's gio trash (in earlier versions of Ubuntu, gvfs-trash) i.e. you can just type gio trash <some files>. If that's really too long then you can alias it alias trash='gio trash'.
  
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1

I would like to create an alias for the move command -

trash='mv <some files> /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files'

How do I make this work?

I want the destination to always be the same. But I want to be able to pass the files to be moved.

bash

share|improve this question

asked yesterday

charsicharsi

18817

• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  There is already a command-line interface to the trash: in 18.04 it's gio trash (in earlier versions of Ubuntu, gvfs-trash) i.e. you can just type gio trash <some files>. If that's really too long then you can alias it alias trash='gio trash'.
  
  – steeldriver
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I would like to create an alias for the move command -

trash='mv <some files> /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files'

How do I make this work?

I want the destination to always be the same. But I want to be able to pass the files to be moved.

bash

share|improve this question

asked yesterday

charsicharsi

18817

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asked yesterday

charsicharsi

18817

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Use function instead of alias, defined in .bashrc

nano ~/.bashrc 

# put inside .bashrc:
trash() 
 for item in "$@" ; do
 echo "Trashing: $item" 
 mv "$item" /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files 
 done

Then in shell prompt you can use:

$ trash file1 file2

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answered yesterday

LeonidMewLeonidMew

1,200624

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  thanks! This worked perfectly.
  
  – charsi
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work
  
  – LeonidMew
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  source ~/.bashrc works too
  
  – charsi
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  You don't need a loop: trash() mv "$@" destination;
  
  – glenn jackman
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

5

You can only append arguments to an alias. Fortunately, mv allows you to do this, with the -t option

alias trash='mv -t ~/.local/share/Trash/files'

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9

Use function instead of alias, defined in .bashrc

nano ~/.bashrc 

# put inside .bashrc:
trash() 
 for item in "$@" ; do
 echo "Trashing: $item" 
 mv "$item" /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files 
 done

Then in shell prompt you can use:

$ trash file1 file2

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

LeonidMewLeonidMew

1,200624

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  thanks! This worked perfectly.
  
  – charsi
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work
  
  – LeonidMew
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  source ~/.bashrc works too
  
  – charsi
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You don't need a loop: trash() mv "$@" destination;
  
  – glenn jackman
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

9

Use function instead of alias, defined in .bashrc

nano ~/.bashrc 

# put inside .bashrc:
trash() 
 for item in "$@" ; do
 echo "Trashing: $item" 
 mv "$item" /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files 
 done

Then in shell prompt you can use:

$ trash file1 file2

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

LeonidMewLeonidMew

1,200624

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  thanks! This worked perfectly.
  
  – charsi
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work
  
  – LeonidMew
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  source ~/.bashrc works too
  
  – charsi
  yesterday
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  5
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You don't need a loop: trash() mv "$@" destination;
  
  – glenn jackman
  yesterday
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Use function instead of alias, defined in .bashrc

nano ~/.bashrc 

# put inside .bashrc:
trash() 
 for item in "$@" ; do
 echo "Trashing: $item" 
 mv "$item" /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files 
 done

Then in shell prompt you can use:

$ trash file1 file2

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

LeonidMewLeonidMew

1,200624

nano ~/.bashrc 

# put inside .bashrc:
trash() 
 for item in "$@" ; do
 echo "Trashing: $item" 
 mv "$item" /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files 
 done

$ trash file1 file2

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

LeonidMewLeonidMew

1,200624

answered yesterday

LeonidMewLeonidMew

1,200624

answered yesterday

LeonidMewLeonidMew

1,200624

5

You can only append arguments to an alias. Fortunately, mv allows you to do this, with the -t option

alias trash='mv -t ~/.local/share/Trash/files'

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

glenn jackmanglenn jackman

12.9k2545

add a comment | 

5

You can only append arguments to an alias. Fortunately, mv allows you to do this, with the -t option

alias trash='mv -t ~/.local/share/Trash/files'

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

glenn jackmanglenn jackman

12.9k2545

add a comment | 

You can only append arguments to an alias. Fortunately, mv allows you to do this, with the -t option

alias trash='mv -t ~/.local/share/Trash/files'

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

glenn jackmanglenn jackman

12.9k2545

alias trash='mv -t ~/.local/share/Trash/files'

share|improve this answer

answered yesterday

glenn jackmanglenn jackman

12.9k2545

answered yesterday

glenn jackmanglenn jackman

12.9k2545

answered yesterday

glenn jackmanglenn jackman

12.9k2545