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recycle bin (rb)

rb is a program that provides recycle bin functionality to the Windows and Linux command line, allowing the user to safely move files and directories to a designated recycle bin directory, rather than permanently deleting them. This is a necessity on the Unix command line, where there are no safe guards preventing accidental deletion.

Downloads

• x86_64 Linux
• x86_64 Windows
• x86 Windows

Support

rb supports a total of 3 platforms and architectures:

• x86_64 Linux
• x86 & x86_64 Windows

Features

• Cross-platform.
• Easy file retrieval.
• Safety > all.
• Simple to use.
• Duplicate argument filtering for speed.

Use Cases

• You have a lot of users and a lot of files you're interacting with. These files are being interacted with directly from the command line.
• You have a lot of storage and want to ensure even the files you remove can possibly be recovered (and quickly).
  1. (Which can be done by doing the following: Create a symbolic link from your ~/.rb/ directory to a secured secondary drive/mount point.)

File/Directory Retrieval

To recover an item from the recycle bin, simply navigate to the recycle bin directory located at ~/.rb/ and move the item back to its original location.

Standard Usage

rb file.txt directory2 ...

Forced Deletion

To permanently delete an item without being prompted, you can use the --force option:

rb --force/-f file.txt

Flags

• -h | --help | /h | /help | -? | --?
• Display help.
• -v | --version
• Display program version.
• -f | --force
• Permanently delete items; bypass the recycle bin.
• -m | --no-motd
• Disable MOTD header/copyright message.

Changelog

Main Releases

• v1.0.0 - First official release - Main
• Modified project URL from https://weiwuer.xyz to https://rethy.xyz when calling --version/-v (this time doing it correctly).
• Grammar fixes.
• Removed \n (newlines) from [SUCCESS]/[WARNING]/[ERROR] messages line endings.
• Removed old description entirely.

Alpha Releases

• v0.2.2 - Status text updates - Alpha
• Changed copyright date to 2023.
• Modified project URL from https://weiwuer.xyz to https://rethy.xyz when calling --version/-v.

• v0.2.1 - Bug fix - Alpha
• Implemented cross-filesystem file move/delete.

• v0.2 - Updates - Alpha
• General optimization/refactorization.
• Newline to end of init print.
• Console colors.
• [SUCCESS]/[WARNING]/[ERROR] messages now added for logging purposes.
• Modified item type printing. Now displays file and directory instead of f and d.
• Flags:
• --force / -f can be used to bypass recycle bin (same as rm -rf).
• --version / -v print version.
• --no-motd / -m disables rb initialization text.
• /help and /h flags now exist in addition to previous --help / -h flags.

• v0.1 - First release - Alpha
• Dynamic duplicate item check to avoid collision in recycle bin.
• Sensible defaults.
• --help / -h flags display help information.
• Code Style Guidelines
• Don't use the word delete. Use words like Removed and Deleted when files are actually deleted, not when they're moved the recycle bin.

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