making a script that will move a file or files in a trash folder

Paxmaster · 12-11-2004, 05:21 PM

if [ -d ~/.Trash ]
then
mv ~/.Trash

else

echo " The folder does not exist. Please make a hiddin Trash folder in the in your $HOME directory. "

exit
fi

this doesnt work, because there no argument with mv but this work when i add (mv * ~/.Trash )
but as can see i want to remove a specfic file or files instead of everything.

of some one know please share it
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acid_kewpie · 12-11-2004, 05:23 PM

how are you supposed to let this script know what file to delete? you're not giving any form of user input whatsoever.... if you want to pass it as a command lnie parameter, try "mv $1 ~/.Trash"

Paxmaster · 12-11-2004, 05:35 PM

for example lets say in a directory it contains 4 files, and 1 or 2 files i want to move, Trash filename it will go to ~/.Trash/ how will i tell bash to interpret it.

in simple word i want to do this Trash filename < will go to ~/.Trash and
Trash * this will mv everythink to Trash

basically i am learing from a documentation

acid_kewpie · 12-12-2004, 04:51 AM

i just told you how to do that, using $1.

Paxmaster · 12-12-2004, 05:49 PM

yea thanks, but although I was trying to do somethink more to it, as u you in the last sentence i was saying about using wild card that will remove everything in the current dirctory to the the trash folder.

Would u kindly explain me what does $1 do, I could not make sense out of it

Tinkster · 12-12-2004, 06:00 PM

man bash
/^PARAM

Cheers,
Tink