leave — Inverted rm(1) command

leave is an inverted rm command. It removes everything in the current directory except the files given as arguments.

Example:

$ ls
main.rs other.rs test.rs
$ leave main.rs
$ ls
main.rs

Install

Install from Git sources using Cargo:

$ cargo install --git https://github.com/kdkasad/leave

Usage

$ leave --help
Usage: leave [OPTIONS] [FILES]...

Arguments:
  [FILES]...  Files to leave present

Options:
  -C, --chdir <DIR>  Run as if started in <DIR>
  -r, --recursive    Recursively delete directories and their contents
  -d, --dirs         Delete empty directories
  -f, --force        Don't check for arguments that are likely to be mistakes
  -h, --help         Print help
  -V, --version      Print version

License

Copyright (C) 2025 Kian Kasad (@kdkasad)

Leave is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Leave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Leave. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.