tshakalekholoane / can

macOS alternative to the rm Unix command.

can

can is a macOS command-line utility that provides an alternative to the rm command. Instead of permanently deleting files and directories, can moves them to the user's Trash, allowing for easy recovery if needed.

Usage

usage: can [-h | -V] file ...

Installation

The package for macOS which installs a universal binary can be downloaded from the releases page.

Homebrew

Alternatively, run the following commands using Homebrew.

brew tap tshakalekholoane/taps
brew install can

Source

The application can also be built from source by cloning the repository and running the following command which requires working versions of Make and Clang both of which come bundled with most macOS installations.

git clone https://github.com/tshakalekholoane/can && cd can
make