rmx

Multiplatform drop in replacement for GNU rm with extra features

About

This project is a close port of GNU rm. The idea is extending the functionality around rm API and bring some niceties with improved performance, specially for large files and deeply nested directories.

Features

• [x] :penguin: Original GNU rm api
• [x] :paperclip: System trash bin integration (-t)
• [x] :zap: Blazingly fast
• [ ] :mag_right: More filtering options

Benchmarks

Benches are defined here

Running

cargo bench

Comparison

| remove | rmx | rm | rsync | |----------------------------|-----|----|-------| | files |5.6285ms|14.201ms|786.72ms| | recursively nested folders |6.1517ms|14.732ms|714.86ms| | multiple deeply nested folders |6.3199ms|14.624ms|294.71ms| | multiple deeply nested folders (rip mode) |4.5762ms|14.079ms|274.99ms|

numbers obtained on a XPS 13 9300, at commit: cace6812

Examples

Deleting deeply nested directory

rmx --rip node_modules

Flattening a directory at depth = 1

Before

dir ├── dir2 │   ├── dir3 │   ├── dir4 │   │   ├── file1 │   │   └── file5 │   ├── file1 │   ├── file3 │   └── file4 ├── file1 └── file2

rmx --flatten 1 dir

After

dir ├── dir2 │   ├── dir4 │   │   └── file1 # name conflicts are skipped │   ├── file1 │   └── file5 ├── file1 ├── file2 ├── file3 └── file4

Sending files to system trash bin

rmx file1 file2 -t

Installation

Currently only obtainable via crates.io and this repo.

cargo install rmx

Pro-tip:

Put in your favorite Shell rc file: alias rm='rmx'

Disclaimer

1. Do not trust this tool for automation/production usage, this is not a 1:1 port of GNU rm and the underlying system calls are not the same.
2. You may experience different performance results, overall rmx improves the computation load. I/O might still be your biggest bottleneck.