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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.






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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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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.






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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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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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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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    Apr 21 at 13:27














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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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    Apr 21 at 13:27








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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'.

– steeldriver
Apr 21 at 13:27





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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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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  • thanks! This worked perfectly.

    – charsi
    Apr 21 at 10:16











  • Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work

    – LeonidMew
    Apr 21 at 10:16











  • source ~/.bashrc works too

    – charsi
    Apr 21 at 10:17








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    You don't need a loop: trash() { mv "$@" destination; }

    – glenn jackman
    Apr 21 at 14:34



















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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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    You can also create a bash script and run that script with an alias.



    trash.sh:



    #!/bin/sh
    

    
for arg in $*; do
    
    mv $arg /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files
    
done
    

    
exit 0


    .bashrc:



    alias trash="/path/to/script/trash.sh"





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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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      • thanks! This worked perfectly.

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work

        – LeonidMew
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • source ~/.bashrc works too

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:17








      • 5





        You don't need a loop: trash() { mv "$@" destination; }

        – glenn jackman
        Apr 21 at 14:34
















      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
























      • thanks! This worked perfectly.

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work

        – LeonidMew
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • source ~/.bashrc works too

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:17








      • 5





        You don't need a loop: trash() { mv "$@" destination; }

        – glenn jackman
        Apr 21 at 14:34














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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













      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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      • thanks! This worked perfectly.

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work

        – LeonidMew
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • source ~/.bashrc works too

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:17








      • 5





        You don't need a loop: trash() { mv "$@" destination; }

        – glenn jackman
        Apr 21 at 14:34



















      • thanks! This worked perfectly.

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • Don't forget to close shell and open again to make this work

        – LeonidMew
        Apr 21 at 10:16











      • source ~/.bashrc works too

        – charsi
        Apr 21 at 10:17








      • 5





        You don't need a loop: trash() { mv "$@" destination; }

        – glenn jackman
        Apr 21 at 14:34

















      thanks! This worked perfectly.

      – charsi
      Apr 21 at 10:16





      thanks! This worked perfectly.

      – charsi
      Apr 21 at 10:16













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

      – LeonidMew
      Apr 21 at 10:16





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

      – LeonidMew
      Apr 21 at 10:16













      source ~/.bashrc works too

      – charsi
      Apr 21 at 10:17







      source ~/.bashrc works too

      – charsi
      Apr 21 at 10:17






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      5





      You don't need a loop: trash() { mv "$@" destination; }

      – glenn jackman
      Apr 21 at 14:34





      You don't need a loop: trash() { mv "$@" destination; }

      – glenn jackman
      Apr 21 at 14:34













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      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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        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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          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













          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












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              You can also create a bash script and run that script with an alias.



              trash.sh:



              #!/bin/sh
              

              
for arg in $*; do
              
    mv $arg /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files
              
done
              

              
exit 0


              .bashrc:



              alias trash="/path/to/script/trash.sh"





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                You can also create a bash script and run that script with an alias.



                trash.sh:



                #!/bin/sh
                

                
for arg in $*; do
                
    mv $arg /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files
                
done
                

                
exit 0


                .bashrc:



                alias trash="/path/to/script/trash.sh"





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                  You can also create a bash script and run that script with an alias.



                  trash.sh:



                  #!/bin/sh
                  

                  
for arg in $*; do
                  
    mv $arg /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files
                  
done
                  

                  
exit 0


                  .bashrc:



                  alias trash="/path/to/script/trash.sh"





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                  You can also create a bash script and run that script with an alias.



                  trash.sh:



                  #!/bin/sh
                  

                  
for arg in $*; do
                  
    mv $arg /home/$USER/.local/share/Trash/files
                  
done
                  

                  
exit 0


                  .bashrc:



                  alias trash="/path/to/script/trash.sh"






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