Simple trash script for console

trash

#!/bin/bash
# trash
#
# Script by (c) Sebb767, 2015
# A simple helper tool to move things to a
# specific directory instead of deleting 
# them instantly.
# Usage: ./trash <files/directories>
#
# The files will be moved to $TRASHDIR (if set) or /tmp/trash-$(id -u)

trashdir=${TRASHDIR-"/tmp/trash-$(id -u)"}

mkdir -p "$trashdir"

# move all given files
for file in "$@"
do
        path="$(readlink -f $file)"
        parent="$(readlink -f $(dirname "$file"))"

        if [[ -d "$file"  ]]; then # it's a directory
                mkdir -p "$trashdir$parent" # create the parent directory
                mv "${path}" "$trashdir$parent" # move the actual dir
        elif [[ -f "$file" ]]; then # it's a file
                mkdir -p "$trashdir$parent" # create the containing directory
                mv "$file" "$trashdir$path" # move the file
        else
                echo "$file doesn't exist!"
                continue;
        fi
done