Command-line tool

trash-cli

brew/trash-cli

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

Command-line interface to the freedesktop.org trashcan

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install trash_cli
scoop install trashy

macOS

brew install trash-cli
pipx install trash_cli

Linux

brew install trash-cli
pipx install trash_cli

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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