trash-cli VS grub-btrfs

Compare trash-cli vs grub-btrfs and see what are their differences.

trash-cli

Command line interface to the freedesktop.org trashcan. (by andreafrancia)

grub-btrfs

Include btrfs snapshots at boot options. (Grub menu) (by Antynea)
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trash-cli grub-btrfs
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trash-cli

Posts with mentions or reviews of trash-cli. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-20.
  • Show HN: A CLI tool that enables you to remove files easily and safely
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Feb 2024
    There's a Freedesktop specification for trashing files that you may consider adhering to: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/trash-spec/trashspec-...

    I get that writing a small utility is fun, but if it is just that (for fun), I suggest you put that into the readme. Otherwise, why should I choose your tool over something like https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli, which seems to already be distributed for the major distros? Does your implementation scratch an itch that the myriad of other implementations don't? I'm just curious.

  • "Never delete data"
    1 project | dev.to | 7 Jul 2023
    Hard deleting was more necessary on the past when storage was so tiny and expensive, but now we not constantly fighting for space anymore. So treat a rm (and the Unix tradition as a whole) as a product of its time, move undesirable files to the trash instead, you can use this trash-cli for linux.
  • Always have a backup of you Docker container's data
    1 project | /r/selfhosted | 3 Jul 2023
    Not related to Docker, but use the trash-cli trash command to have the recycle bin in the terminal as well.
  • what is you recommended way to protect accidental delete woth rm -rf in opensuse
    2 projects | /r/openSUSE | 16 Jun 2023
    i ended up using shell-safe-rm plus trash-cli and my own wrapper script around rm that verifies some rules like for example the argument don't start with '/' , if i want to delete for example /home/shin/.local/somefile then the script will not let me and suggest to cd to /home/me/.local and delete from there , same if i do rm /var/somedir.
  • PSA based on true events
    1 project | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 4 May 2023
  • Based on True events.
    2 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 23 Apr 2023
    They're probably talking about something like this rather than a GUI file manager
  • What has been your most painful Linux experience?
    3 projects | /r/archlinux | 27 Mar 2023
    It's a bad idea to alias rm. You will get trouble on a machine that has no alias. Use trash-cli instead. It's much safer than rm. BTW, don't alias trash as rm because they are different.
  • The fastest rm command and one of the fastest cp commands
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Mar 2023
    For Linux there's [trash-cli](https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli/). Doesn't seem to work for MacOS per this issue (https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli/issues/284), but it suggests to use https://hasseg.org/trash/
  • I did it boys: I blew away ~
    2 projects | /r/linux | 8 Feb 2023
    Use trash-cli for all your rm -rf needs!
  • never "rm -rf" the wrong thing again with this handy script
    2 projects | /r/devops | 7 Feb 2023
    There are a number of foss tools that work with the freedesktop trashcan concept on Linuxes/BSDs, like https://github.com/andreafrancia/trash-cli. Bunch of desktop envs' programs also use this, so it's nearer to OS-wide standardized behavior.

grub-btrfs

Posts with mentions or reviews of grub-btrfs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing trash-cli and grub-btrfs you can also consider the following projects:

zsh-autocomplete - šŸ¤– Real-time type-ahead completion for Zsh. Asynchronous find-as-you-type autocompletion.

timeshift-autosnap-apt - Timeshift auto-snapshot script for Ubuntu and Debian based systems which creates snapshots of your system with timeshift before a package install, remove or upgrade using DPkg::Pre-Invoke hook in apt. Fork of timeshift-autosnap from AUR.

rm-trash - A "rm-trash" is meant to be used in place of rm system command in linux . This script will safely delete your files and put them in the trash for later retrieval.

Fedora-36-Post-Install-Guide - Things to do after installing Fedora 37 [Moved to: https://github.com/devangshekhawat/Fedora-37-Post-Install-Guide]

rabbitvcs - The new home of rabbitvcs

arch-btrfs-install-guide - Arch Linux installation guide with btrfs and snapper, this guide is based on the information from unicks.eu guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKdZiCTh3EM, and Arch Linux UEFI step-by-step installation guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOXYZ8hKdmc from ALU.

rmtrash - Put files (and directories) in trash using the `trash-put` command in a way that is, otherwise as `trash-put` itself, compatible to GNUs `rm` and `rmdir`

TimeShift - System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB.

You-Dont-Need-GUI - Stop relying on GUI; CLI **ROCKS**

refind-btrfs - Generate rEFInd manual boot stanzas from Btrfs snapshots

fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

btrbk - Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes