We can access the Trash folder using the Terminal by making use of the cd command followed by ~/.Trash.
Example:% cd ~/.Trash
% pwd
/Users/c2ctech/.Trash
Now but when you try to do an ls command, you will get an error "ls: .: Operation not permitted"
![Mac Terminal Move to Trash folder Example Mac Terminal Move to Trash folder Example](https://code2care.org/howto/access-trash-folder-using-mac-terminal-command/images/Mac Terminal Move to Trash folder Example.jpg)
This can still be handly to move files to Trash from Terminal instead of using the rm command which will delete the file(s) permanently.
Example:
mv oldfile.csv ~/.Trash
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