These little shell scripts give a unix shell equivalent of a Macintosh/Windows-like "Trashcan" or "Dustbin". Just copy the files seecan can mtcan mtcan2 into your ~/bin directory (assuming ~/bin is in your path). Examples of usage: can file1 file2 directory3 pattern.* # to put a list of files and directories into the trashcan seecan # to see the current contents of the trashcan (before emptying it) mtcan # to permanently delete all of the files in the trashcan Caution: depending on how your environment is set up, moving a file to the trashcan of the same name as an existing file in the trashcan may cause you to lose the first file inthe trashcan.