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A safe and ergonomic alternative to rm

5 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 5 comments · first 2020-04-25 · latest 2025-10-22

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  1. Shoutout to rip as an alternative to rm and trash: https://github.com/nivekuil/rip
    comment by Grimburger · 2025-10-22 · in Scripts I wrote that I use all the time
  2. I still use Rip (Rm Improved) even though it hasn't updated in 4 years https://github.com/nivekuil/rip . But a tool this simple doesn't need to. You just delete things by using 'rip thing', which I find amusing.
  3. Also rm replacement written in rust: https://github.com/nivekuil/rip
  4. …is `rip`[1] (also written in Rust) which does more or less the same? Or am I missing something? [1] https://github.com/nivekuil/rip
  5. …Zoxide (replace cd): https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide Fzf Rip (replace rm): https://github.com/nivekuil/rip My personal dotfiles: https://github.com/xkortex/bashbox Mosh (replaces/augments ssh) What I'm currently looking for is a bett
    comment by kortex · 2020-04-25 · in Shell Productivity Tips and Tricks