Undo actions for Linux terminal

Here you can find the mv_safe script that tracks operations' history, allowing you to easily revert them with the undo script.

Features

The mv_safe file uses the mv with -b and -i options, which means it asks you before overwriting a file, and creates a backup for it.

It has almost all the functionalities the standard mv command has, including:

• renaming a file or directory,
• overwrtiting a file,
• moving a file or directory into another directory.

Usage

Installation

To use the script, copy the mv_safe file to a directory included in your $PATH, for example:

cp mv_safe ~/bin/
chmod +x ~/bin/mv_safe

Configuration

I recommend setting an alias to replace the default mv command with mv_safe:

alias mv='mv_safe'

Add this line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file, and then run:

source ~/.bashrc # (or ~/.zshrc)

Undo removing files

My initial plan was to write the undo script both for mv and rm. However, this would not be necessary - since there is a gio trash command that already provides such functionality.

To make the rm command move files into trash instead of deleting them permamently, you can create an alias:

alias rm='gio trash'