Force empty Trash after placing Time Machine backups in trash, for all volumes in OSX (including connected drives).

force_empty_trash.sh

#!/bin/bash
#### Created by Jean-Pierre Fourie
#### Editted by Franklin Harvey
### https://github.com/emotality
### https://github.com/franklinharvey
## force_empty_trash.sh
#
 
clear
echo " "
echo " ####################################################### "
echo " ################## FORCE EMPTY TRASH ################## "
echo " ####################################################### "
echo " "
echo " ** Note: This will permanently delete all your volumes' Trash, along with Time Machine Backups that are in Trash. **"
echo " "
 
read -p " Force empty all your Trash? [y/n]: " answer
 
case "$answer" in 
  y|Y ) sudo /System/Library/Extensions/TMSafetyNet.kext/Contents/Helpers/bypass rm -rfv /Volumes/*/.Trashes;;
  n|N ) echo "Exiting \n"; exit;;
  * ) echo "Exiting \n"; exit;;
esac
 
echo " Your Trash has been emptied! \n"
 
killall Dock
exit