go-trash

The go-trash is simple CLI, that move files and folder to the trashbox written in Go. Works on Linux and Windows 10.

Usage

$ ./go-trash -h
Usage: go-trash [-hl] [-o File] [-u File] [parameters ...]
 -h       Show help
 -l       List trashed files
 -o File  Output file to location
 -u File  Restore files to original location

Trash

• Windows

C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe aaa.txt bbb_dir

• Linux

~$ ./go-trash aaa.txt bbb_dir

Print list trashed files

• Windows

C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe -l

# Trash Box #

InFolder        : aaa.txt
Normal          : C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt
ForParsing      : C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-xxx\$RABCD.txt
DateDeleted     : 2023/1/2 12:34:56
Size            : 1234

InFolder        : bbb_dir
Normal          : C:\Users\user\Desktop\bbb_dir
ForParsing      : C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-xxx\$R1C0U4Q
DateDeleted     : 2023/1/2 12:34:56
Size            : 0

• Linux

~$ ./go-trash -l

# Trash Box #

FileName        : aaa.txt
Location        : /home/user/aaa.txt
DeletedDate     : 2023-01-23T12:34:56
Size            : 1234

FileName        : bbb_dir
Location        : /home/user/bbb_dir
DeletedDate     : 2023-01-23T12:34:56
Size            : 0

Restore files

If only one file or directory exists, restore it

• Windows

C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe -u aaa.txt
Restore         : C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt

• Linux

~$ ./go-trash -u bbb_dir
Restore: /home/user/bbb_dir

If more than one file exists, restore the file with the selected 'ID'

• Windows

C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe aaa.txt ../aaa.txt
C:\Users\user\Desktop> go-trash.exe -u aaa.txt -o test.txt 
ID       DateDeleted                     FileSize        Path
0        2024-01-01 12:34:56 +0900 JST   7               C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt
1        2024-01-01 12:35:00 +0900 JST   130             C:\Users\user\aaa.txt
Which one do you restore? > 0
Restore C:\Users\user\Desktop\aaa.txt → C:\Users\user\Desktop\test.txt

• Linux

~$ ./go-trash bbb_dir /tmp/bbb_dir
~$ ./go-trash  -u bbb -o test
ID       DateDeleted                     FileSize        Path
0        2024-01-01 12:34:56 +0900 JST   0               /home/user/bbb_dir
1        2024-01-01 12:35:00 +0900 JST   0               /tmp/bbb_dir
Which one do you restore? > 0
Restore /home/user/bbb_dir → /home/user/bbb_dir