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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Wildcard variables Post 302429464 by thedoobieman5 on Monday 14th of June 2010 01:19:32 PM
Old 06-14-2010
Ah, I see what's going on. Thanks for the replies. Apparently


Code:
#!/bin/sh

for file in "$@"
do
	mv "$file" ~/.Trash/
done

works fine, but


Code:
#!/bin/sh

for file in "$@"
do
	mv "$file"/ ~/.Trash/
done

only works if you're trashing directories. I guess I have much to learn...
Last edited by thedoobieman5; 06-14-2010 at 02:33 PM..
 

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TRASH(1)						      General Commands Manual							  TRASH(1)

NAME

       trash - Command line trash utility.

SYNOPSIS

       trash [arguments] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Trash-cli  package provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification.  It remembers
       the name, original path, deletion date, and permissions of each trashed file.

ARGUMENTS

       Names of files or directory to move in the trashcan.

EXAMPLES

       $ cd /home/andrea/
       $ touch foo bar
       $ trash foo bar

BUGS

       Report bugs to http://code.google.com/p/trash-cli/issues

AUTHORS

       Trash was written by Andrea Francia <andreafrancia@users.sourceforge.net> and Einar Orn Olason <eoo@hi.is>.  This manual page  was  written
       by Steve Stalcup <vorian@ubuntu.com>.  Changes made by Massimo Cavalleri <submax@tiscalinet.it>.

SEE ALSO

       trash-list(1), trash-restore(1), trash-empty(1), and the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification at http://www.ramendik.ru/docs/trashspec.html.

       Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

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