This is not applicable to most cases, but a trivial and instant way of fast deletion is renaming the directory and deleting in the background.

frm () {
    now=$(date "+%F-%T-%Z")
    for file in "$@"
    do
        new_name="${file}_${now}"
        mv -i $file $new_name
        nohup rm -rf $new_name > /tmp/$new_name.log 2>&1 &
    done
}

In my case, I often need to recreate node_modules or a repository entirely, and deleting would take forever. I just rename node_modules to deleting_node_modules and run the rm command in the background.

I get to continue with my work right away.

This is not applicable to most cases, but a trivial and instant way of fast deletion is renaming the directory and deleting in the background.

frm () {
    now=$(date "+%F-%T-%Z")
    for file in "$@"
    do
        new_name="${file}_${now}"
        mv -i -- "$file" "$new_name"
        nohup rm -rf -- "$new_name" > "/tmp/$new_name.log" 2>&1 &
    done
}

In my case, I often need to recreate node_modules or a repository entirely, and deleting would take forever. I just rename node_modules to deleting_node_modules and run the rm command in the background.

I get to continue with my work right away.

This is not applicable to most cases, but a trivial and instant way of fast deletion is renaming the directory and deleting in the background.

In my case, I often need to recreate node_modules or a repository entirely, and deleting would take forever. I just rename node_modules to deleting_node_modules and run the rm command in the background.

I get to continue with my work right away.

This is not applicable to most cases, but a trivial and instant way of fast deletion is renaming the directory and deleting in the background.

frm () {
    now=$(date "+%F-%T-%Z")
    for file in "$@"
    do
        new_name="${file}_${now}"
        mv -i $file $new_name
        nohup rm -rf $new_name > /tmp/$new_name.log 2>&1 &
    done
}

In my case, I often need to recreate node_modules or a repository entirely, and deleting would take forever. I just rename node_modules to deleting_node_modules and run the rm command in the background.

I get to continue with my work right away.