Open Terminal, and edit ~/.bash_profile (this is a script which is run every time you open a Terminal)

Just curious: what if you don't use the bash shell?

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If you're using csh or tsch, add this to your .cshrc or .tcshrc file:

alias rm '\mv \!* ~/.Trash'

Feel free to call the alias "rmm" or something else that suits you. I understand the argument for doing that, but I'm too lazy to remember a million ways to call the same thing. I have an "ll" alias for "ls -l", and it's one of the WORST things, as I type "ll" all the time, even on accounts/computers. I'd rather have my alias do something instead of having me to have to re-type commands over and over. Even for "rm", as I do not accidentally delete someone else's Desktop very often...

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Then you'll have to figure out how to rewrite the function for tcsh, or whatever you do use. :)

Sorry, but I'm not familiar with programming in anything other than Bourne or bash, so I'm not the one to ask about it. Hypert's alias command is a basic step; and it's what I was using before I wrote this function. The added value of the function is in appending the time so you don't overwrite anything already in the trash, and in ignoring arguments (although that's not a big deal between rm and mv).

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