srm

srm

srm is a safe remove command.

Description

srm creates a backup before deleting files/directories.
In addtion, it has a function to restore deleted files.

Example

$ mkdir -p /tmp/test1/test2/test3
$ echo "foo" >> /tmp/test1/test2/foo.txt
$ echo "bar" >> /tmp/test1/test2/test3/bar.txt
$ tree /tmp/test1
 /tmp/test1/
└── test2
    ├── foo.txt
    └── test3
        └── bar.txt

2 directories, 2 files

# Delete "test2" directory
$ srm /tmp/test1/test2
$ tree /tmp/test1
/tmp/test1/

0 directories, 0 files

# Backups are stored in the following directories
$ ls ~/.srm
L3RtcC90ZXN0MS90ZXN0Mg==.tar.gz

# Restore "test2" directory
$ srm -r /tmp/test1/test2
$ tree /tmp/test1
/tmp/test1
└── test2
    ├── foo.txt
    └── test3
        └── bar.txt

2 directories, 2 files

Usage

$ srm -h
Usage of srm:
  -l    Display a list of deleted files(directory) in the past.
  -list
        Display a list of deleted files(directory) in the past.
  -r    Restore deleted files(directory).
  -restore
        Restore deleted files(directory).
  -v    Display version.
  -version
        Display version.

Option: list

Display deleted files/directories in a list.
If restored, it will be deleted from the list.

$ cd /tmp
$ touch foo.txt
$ touch bar.txt

$ srm foo.txt bar.txt
$ srm -l
/tmp/bar.txt
/tmp/foo.txt

Option: restore

Restore deleted file/directory.

$ cd /tmp
$ echo "foo" > foo.txt
$ srm foo.txt
$ ls -l foo.txt
ls: cannot access 'foo.txt': No such file or directory

$ srm -r foo.txt
$ cat foo.txt
foo

Installtion

$ wget https://github.com/morix1500/srm/releases/download/v1.0.0/srm_linux_amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/srm
$ chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/srm

License

Please see the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Shota Omori(Morix)
https://github.com/morix1500