Command-line tool

osx-trash

brew/osx-trash

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Allows trashing of files instead of tempting fate with rm

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install osx-trash

Send a file to the trash

trash path/to/file

List all files in the trash

trash-list

Interactively restore a file from the trash

trash-restore

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