Thread: Bash script to move file to the trash

i'm trying create bash script move files trash, same thing "kioclient move file1 file2 file3 trash:/" more easily. script far:

code:

#!/bin/bash    ifs=" " # needed?    # make sure file throw away specified  if [ "$1" = "" ];     echo -e "trash: missing operand\ntry 'trash --help' more information"     exit 1  fi    # if --help passed on script, display  if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ];     cat << _eof  usage: trash file(s)...  move file(s) trash (same 'kioclient move file(s) trash:/').      -h, --help     display , exit    _eof     exit 0  fi    # go through each file, , if it's directory tell user  # can't trashed (todo: impliment --recursive option bypass this,  # , --verbose option explain what's happening)  target in "$@";     if [ -f $target ];        kioclient move $target trash:/     else        echo "trash: omitting directory '$target'"     fi  done  exit 0

i plan move script /usr/local/bin can run "trash file1 file2 file3" run "rm file1 file2 file3". question is, how add option make verbose, how add option make recursive? currently, if pass on parameters don't cause script exit (like --help does), try send parameter trash. example, if add verbose feature command "trash -v file1 file2 file3" make verbose, try send "-v" trash, impossible isn't file.

i'm relatively new bash scripting of gets confusing me.

no, mangling ifs should not necessary. i've never seen situation there wasn't cleaner solution ifs hacks. master yoda said "quicker, easier, more seductive; not stronger."

magic bit missing shift.

shift command (actually bash shell builtin believe) "rotates" down command line arguments process multiple or none @ cleanly before moving on doing job.

structure this:

code:

#pseudo script command line arg processing until [ -z "$1" -o -f "$1" ]     case "$1" in         "-v"|"--verbose")              #be verbose true              shift              ;;         "-f"|"--force")              #forceful true              shift              ;;         *)              #unrecognized arg              shift              ;;     esac done

note structure doesn't allow arguments after first file. allows user delete file named "--verbose" or "--force" without further complication. alternative, , gnu `rm` does, test leading dash way delete such file full or relative path "./--verbose" - 1 step fancier , allow lone double dash terminate arguments , move on filenames no matter how strange names .

in other words, bash logic `rm` behaviour this:

code:

while [ "${1:0:1}" = "-" ]     #... done

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