trash

[iBackup]

How can I delete a folder/file with a shell command, that it appears in the Trash?

[iBackup]

It works, but I want to delete a file/folder with a shell command, that the deleted item is shown in the Trash in the dock.

[jaminwilson]

iBackup, it sounds like maybe you’re set on using the command line… but if you don’t mind using a tell statement, you can do this:

tell application “Finder”
delete file “HD:Users:username:Desktop:sample_file.txt”
end tell

This moves the file to the trash, just as if you selected it and hit Cmd-delete in the Finder. You could even use a POSIX file path if that integrates better with whatever you’re doing on the command line:

tell application “Finder”
set posix_file to “/Users/username/Desktop/sample_file.txt” as POSIX file
delete file posix_file
end tell