Shell Script 016-unrm.sh

#!/bin/sh

# unrm - search the deleted files archive for the specified file. If
#   there is more than one match, show a list ordered by timestamp, and 
#   let the user specify which they want restored.

# Big Important Warning: you'll want a cron job or similar to keep the
#   individual trash directories tamed, otherwise nothing will ever 
#   actually be deleted on the system and you'll run out of disk space!

mydir="$HOME/.deleted-files"
realrm="/bin/rm"
move="/bin/mv"

dest=$(pwd)

if [ ! -d $mydir ] ; then
  echo "$0: No deleted files directory: nothing to unrm" >&2 ; exit 1
fi

cd $mydir

if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then # no args, just show listing
  echo "Contents of your deleted files archive (sorted by date):"
#  ls -FC | sed -e 's/[[:digit:]][[:digit:]]\.//g' -e 's/^/  /' 
  ls -FC | sed -e 's/\([[:digit:]][[:digit:]]\.\)\{5\}//g' \
    -e 's/^/  /' 
  exit 0
fi

# Otherwise we must have a pattern to work with. Let's see if the
# user-specified pattern matches more than one file or directory 
# in the archive.

matches="$(ls *"$1" 2> /dev/null | wc -l)"

if [ $matches -eq 0 ] ; then
  echo "No match for \"$1\" in the deleted file archive." >&2
  exit 1
fi

if [ $matches -gt 1 ] ; then
  echo "More than one file or directory match in the archive:"
  index=1
  for name in $(ls -td *"$1")
  do
    datetime="$(echo $name | cut -c1-14| \
       awk -F. '{ print $5"/"$4" at "$3":"$2":"$1 }')"
    if [ -d $name ] ; then
      size="$(ls $name | wc -l | sed 's/[^0-9]//g')"
      echo " $index)   $1  (contents = ${size} items, deleted = $datetime)"
    else
      size="$(ls -sdk1 $name | awk '{print $1}')"
      echo " $index)   $1  (size = ${size}Kb, deleted = $datetime)"
    fi
    index=$(( $index + 1))
  done
  
  echo "" 
  echo -n "Which version of $1 do you want to restore ('0' to quit)? [1] : "
  read desired

  if [ ${desired:=1} -ge $index ] ; then
    echo "$0: Restore cancelled by user: index value too big." >&2
    exit 1
  fi

  if [ $desired -lt 1 ] ; then
    echo "$0: restore cancelled by user." >&2 ; exit 1
  fi

  restore="$(ls -td1 *"$1" | sed -n "${desired}p")"
  
  if [ -e "$dest/$1" ] ; then
    echo "\"$1\" already exists in this directory. Cannot overwrite." >&2
    exit 1
  fi

  echo -n "Restoring file \"$1\" ..."
  $move "$restore" "$dest/$1"
  echo "done."

  echo -n "Delete the additional copies of this file? [y] " 
  read answer
  
  if [ ${answer:=y} = "y" ] ; then
    $realrm -rf *"$1"
    echo "deleted."
  else
    echo "additional copies retained."
  fi
else
  if [ -e "$dest/$1" ] ; then
    echo "\"$1\" already exists in this directory. Cannot overwrite." >&2
    exit 1
  fi

  restore="$(ls -d *"$1")"

  echo -n "Restoring file \"$1\" ... " 
  $move "$restore" "$dest/$1"
  echo "done."
fi

exit 0