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While the trash icon does not have ‘Add to Favorites<\/b>‘ context menu option, here’s how to manually add a trash can icon to the left launcher in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome Shell.<\/p>\n
First see the result effect (in the picture, the left panel was replaced by Dash to Dock extension):<\/p>\n
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1.<\/b> Open terminal either via Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> shortcut key, or by searching for ‘terminal’ from app launcher.<\/p>\n
2.<\/b> Run command to create and edit an empty file called When the file opens, paste following lines and save it.<\/p>\ntrash.sh<\/code>:<\/p>\ngedit ~\/Documents\/trash.sh<\/pre>\n
#!\/bin\/bash\r\nicon=$HOME\/.local\/share\/applications\/trash.desktop\r\n\r\nwhile getopts \"red\" opt; do\r\n\tcase $opt in\r\n r)\r\n\tif [ \"$(gio list trash:\/\/)\" ]; then\r\n\t\techo -e '[Desktop Entry]\\nType=Application\\nName=Trash\\nComment=Trash\\nIcon=user-trash-full\\nExec=nautilus trash:\/\/\\nCategories=Utility;\\nActions=trash;\\n\\n[Desktop Action trash]\\nName=Empty Trash\\nExec='$HOME\/Documents\/trash.sh -e'\\n' > $icon\r\n\tfi\r\n\t;;\r\n e)\r\n\tgio trash --empty && echo -e '[Desktop Entry]\\nType=Application\\nName=Trash\\nComment=Trash\\nIcon=user-trash\\nExec=nautilus trash:\/\/\\nCategories=Utility;\\nActions=trash;\\n\\n[Desktop Action trash]\\nName=Empty Trash\\nExec='$HOME\/Documents\/trash.sh -e'\\n' > $icon\r\n\t;;\r\n d)\r\n\twhile sleep 5; do ($HOME\/Documents\/trash.sh -r &) ; done\r\n\t;;\r\n esac\r\ndone<\/pre>\n
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