Las respuestas anteriores mencionan comandos trash-cliy rmtrash. Ninguno de esos se encuentra por defecto en Ubuntu 18.04, pero el comando gioes. gio help trashSalidas dominantes :
Usage:
gio trash [OPTION…] [LOCATION...]
Move files or directories to the trash.
Options:
-f, --force Ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
--empty Empty the trash
Lo probé usando gio trash FILENAMEen la línea de comando, y funciona igual que seleccioné el archivo en el explorador de archivos e hice clic en el botón DEL: el archivo se mueve a la carpeta Papelera del escritorio. (El comando no solicita confirmación aunque no utilicé la -fopción).
La eliminación de archivos de esta manera es reversible, mientras que ser más conveniente que la redefinición de rmser rm -ipara la seguridad y tener que confirmar cada eliminación, que todavía le deja fuera de suerte si se confirma accidentalmente una deleción que no debería tener.
Agregué alias tt='gio trash'a mi archivo de definiciones de alias; ttes un mnemotécnico para To Trash.
Agregado en edición el 27-06-2018: en las máquinas del servidor, no hay equivalente de un directorio de basura. He escrito el siguiente script de Bash que hace el trabajo; en máquinas de escritorio, usa gio trash, y en otras máquinas, mueve los archivos dados como parámetro (s) a un directorio de basura que crea. Guión actualizado el 2019-09-05.
#!/bin/bash
#
# move-to-trash
#
# Teemu Leisti 2019-09-05
#
# This script moves the files given as arguments to the trash directory, if they
# are not already there. It works both on (Gnome) desktop and server hosts.
#
# The script is intended as a command-line equivalent of deleting a file from a
# graphical file manager, which, in the usual case, moves the deleted file(s) to
# a built-in trash directory. On server hosts, the analogy is not perfect, as
# the script does not offer the functionality of restoring a trashed file to its
# original location, nor that of emptying the trash directory; rather, it offers
# an alternative to the 'rm' command, giving the user the peace of mind that
# they can still undo an unintended deletion before emptying the trash
# directory.
#
# To determine whether it's running on a desktop host, the script tests for the
# existence of the gio utility and of directory ~/.local/share/Trash. In case
# both exist, the script relies on the 'gio trash' command. Otherwise, it treats
# the host as a server.
#
# There is no built-in trash directory on server hosts, so the first invocation
# of the script creates directory ~/.Trash/, unless it already exists.
#
# The script appends a millisecond-resolution time stamp to all the files it
# moves to the trash directory, both to inform the user of the time of the
# deletion, and to avoid overwrites when moving a file to trash.
#
# The script will not choke on a nonexistent file. It outputs the final
# disposition of each argument: does not exist, was already in trash, or was
# moved to trash.
gio_command_exists=0
command -v gio > /dev/null 2>&1
if (( $? == 0 )) ; then
gio_command_exists=1
fi
# Exit on using an uninitialized variable, and on a command returning an error.
# (The latter setting necessitates appending " || true" to those arithmetic
# calculations and other commands that can return 0, lest the shell interpret
# the result as signalling an error.)
set -eu
is_desktop=0
if [[ -d ~/.local/share/Trash ]] && (( gio_command_exists == 1 )) ; then
is_desktop=1
trash_dir_abspath=$(realpath ~/.local/share/Trash)
else
trash_dir_abspath=$(realpath ~/.Trash)
if [[ -e $trash_dir_abspath ]] ; then
if [[ ! -d $trash_dir_abspath ]] ; then
echo "The file $trash_dir_abspath exists, but is not a directory. Exiting."
exit 1
fi
else
mkdir $trash_dir_abspath
echo "Created directory $trash_dir_abspath"
fi
fi
for file in "$@" ; do
file_abspath=$(realpath -- "$file")
file_basename=$(basename -- "$file_abspath")
if [[ ! -e $file_abspath ]] ; then
echo "does not exist: $file_abspath"
elif [[ "$file_abspath" == "$trash_dir_abspath"* ]] ; then
echo "already in trash: $file_abspath"
else
if (( is_desktop == 1 )) ; then
gio trash "$file_abspath" || true
else
# The name of the moved file shall be the original name plus a
# millisecond-resolution timestamp.
move_to_abspath="$trash_dir_abspath/$file_basename-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-at-%H-%M-%S.%3N')"
while [[ -e "$move_to_abspath" ]] ; do
# Generate a new name with a new timestamp, as the previously
# generated one denoted an existing file.
move_to_abspath="$trash_dir_abspath/$file_basename-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d-at-%H-%M-%S.%3N')"
done
# We're now almost certain that the file denoted by name
# $move_to_abspath does not exist, as for that to be the case, an
# extremely unlikely run condition would have had to take place:
# some other process would have had to create a file with the name
# $move_to_abspath after the execution of the existence test above.
# However, to make absolute sure that moving the file to the trash
# directory will always be successful, we shall give the '-f'
# (force) flag to the 'mv' command.
/bin/mv -f "$file_abspath" "$move_to_abspath"
fi
echo "moved to trash: $file_abspath"
fi
done
gvfs-trashen el pasado, pero nunca tuve la necesidad de restaurar desde la línea de comandos hasta que despertó mi curiosidad. La respuesta a la pregunta vinculada puede ser de ayuda.