For moving something to the trash from the command line, instead of rm'ing it.

trash.swift

//
//  trash.swift
//  For moving something to the trash from the command line
//  (instead of rm'ing it).
//
//  Created by Violet Baddley on 2015-8-25.
//  Copyright © 2015 Violet Baddley. All rights reserved.
//  Provided under the 2-Clause BSD License.
//

import Foundation


let effectiveArguments = Process.arguments[1..<Process.arguments.count]
let trashFiles = effectiveArguments.map { NSURL.fileURLWithPath($0) }

for tf in trashFiles {
    do {
        try NSFileManager.defaultManager().trashItemAtURL(tf, resultingItemURL: nil)
        
    } catch let delError as NSError {
        if let tfrp = tf.relativePath {
            print("Couldn’t trash \(tfrp): \(delError.localizedDescription)")
        } else {
            print("Couldn’t trash a file because it hasn’t a valid path.")
        }
    }
    
}