This is only the second script I have ever wrote. Basically I want to be able to send the contents of a directory to trash using the Nautilus scripting facility - Note I want to retain the original directory.

My attempt:

#!/bin/sh

# Send contents to trash

(cd $1)

(mv $(ls) /home/myself/.Trash)

Result is that EVERYTHING in my /home/myself gets to go to Trash.

I understood that $1 argument pertained to the selected file/directory.

Cheers.

My attempt:

mv ${1}* /home/myself/.Trash

and be sure to put the trailing slash on $1 i.e.

/home/myself/temp/info/

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Hmmmmm

Got this to work from the terminal:

#!/bin/sh

# Send contents to trash

cd $1

mv $(ls $1) /home/myself/.Trash

But it will NOT WORK from the Nautilus file browser so I am bit puzzled - nothing happens. The annoying thing about trying to debug nautilus scripts is that you can't see anything so I kept using the terminal to check it, found it worked, and then that it....er......didn't on Nautilus????

Just changed:

mv $(ls $1) /home/myself/.Trash

to

mv $(ls) /home/myself/.Trash

Result: it works from Nautilus (although it can't handle spaces in the file names. I'll have to work on that.)

Strange......