Apple - Can Finder delete a file directly and bypass moving it to the Trash?
Delete Immediately @ Github (free)
- Download the file
Delete Immediately.service
- Move the file to
~/Library/Services
. You may have to create the folder. - Restart the finder by running
killall Finder;
- You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to this service in System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts →Services
No - there's no shortcut for that, but there is a services menu to extend Finder, flexibly bending it to accommodate your wishes.
You'll want to define a service that calls a script to rm
or srm
and bind the keyboard shortcut of your preference to the service.
Automator's built in help can assist with learning to make a service.
Also invaluable is the site http://www.macosxautomation.com/ which is made by the automation guru Sal Soghoian
I came across an AppleScript that does something similar to what @bmike has suggested. User Jolly Jimmy listed in a forum post:
tell application "Finder"
set theSelection to selection
if theSelection is {} then
beep
activate current application
display alert "No files are selected for deletion." message "Select one or more files to delete." as warning
else
activate current application
display alert "Delete item(s)?" message "The selected item(s) will be deleted immediately. Are you sure you want to continue?" buttons {"OK", "Cancel"} as warning
set buttonpressed to button returned of result
if the buttonpressed is "OK" then
repeat with i from 1 to (count theSelection)
set item1 to (the quoted form of POSIX path of (item i of the theSelection as alias))
set deleteit to "rm -rf " & item1 & ""
try
do shell script deleteit
on error
do shell script deleteit with administrator privileges
end try
end repeat
end if
end if
end tell
Add this script to the services menu, and you should be able to delete by right-clicking.