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Trash-CLI Command Line Recycle Bin – Never Lose Another File

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Mar 6, 2020

If you work on the Linux command line long enough, you will eventually delete a file by accident. Unlike using a GUI, there is no Trash folder (Recycle Bin) in a terminal. Enter Trash-CLI, the command line interface to the Linux trash can. In this Linux quick tip we will show you how to install and use this nifty little utility.

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