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by cool-RR 5487 days ago
it's also still possible to recover the files you deleted with rm.

If you're lucky and didn't write too much to the hard-disk after deletion, yes, but with a recycling bin you have much higher chances of recovery.

Regarding `del` in DOS: You're the second one to bring up that analogy. I don't see how this is relevant. Just because Windows does it that way doesn't mean that it's good.