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This is the equivalent of doing rm in the first place. Now if we list the trash again, we see it doesn't

have any content.

Although the internet is full of rm -rf / jokes, this is actually a serious issue that can cause

headaches and wasted time trying to restore the damage caused. If you've been using rm for a long

time and can't get into the habit of using trash, we suggest adding an alias for rm to actually run the

trash command instead. In this case, it's a good idea to pile up stacks of files in trash than to risk

removing a file that might be needed, before committing, or even removing the whole root partition!

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