How to undo rm -rf

Oye! I couldn’t believe I did ‘rm -rf’ on my project folder! again!

Has this happened to you? If yes, read on.

Undo ‘rm -rf’

Add an alias of ‘rm’ command in ‘bashrc’ file. Alias is a command in linux which enables the replacement of a string with another. ‘alias’ is also capable of replacing or modifying BASH commands. ( wiki article )

To make ‘rm’ undo-able, we can define an alias to ‘mv’ or move the deleting files to system’s Trash folder.

Imeplementation

Edit your ‘.bashrc’ file and add the following line.

Save and exit. That’s it done.

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