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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Trash Locations shows you all deleted files and their original location (sorted by original
location).
To run this script, you'll first need to install Python 3.6 or later and run:
pip3 install ds_store
Developed by Fotis Gimian (MIT license).
"""
import os
import sys
from ds_store import DSStore
# Colours
BOLD = '\x1b[1m'
GREEN = '\x1b[92m'
YELLOW = '\x1b[93m'
BLUE = '\x1b[94m'
RESET = '\x1b[0m'
def main():
trash_ds_store_path = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.Trash', '.DS_Store')
if not os.path.exists(trash_ds_store_path):
print('Your trash appears to be empty. Congratulations! :)')
sys.exit(1)
deleted_files = []
max_filename_length = 0
with DSStore.open(trash_ds_store_path) as trash_ds_store:
original_location = None
is_directory = False
for entry in trash_ds_store:
if entry.code == b'dscl':
is_directory = True
elif entry.code == b'ptbL':
original_location = f'/{entry.value}'
elif entry.code == b'ptbN':
filename = entry.value
max_filename_length = max(max_filename_length, len(filename))
deleted_files.append((original_location, is_directory, filename))
original_location = None
is_directory = False
format_string = f'{{:{max_filename_length}}}{{:^16}}{{}}'
print(
BOLD, format_string.format('Filename', 'Directory?', 'Original Location'), RESET, sep=''
)
for original_location, is_directory, filename in deleted_files:
if is_directory:
print(BLUE, format_string.format(filename, '✓', original_location), RESET, sep='')
else:
print(GREEN, format_string.format(filename, '', original_location), RESET, sep='')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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