Re: rm *

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1 total messages Started by lei... Leila Burrell-Davis Tue, 16 Jan 1990 16:44

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Author: lei... Leila Burrell-Davis
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1990 16:44

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[Sorry if this has been suggested before, I only just noticed this
discussion.]

A simple tip which I picked up somewhere to avoid inadvertent 'rm *'
commands is to have a file called -i in each directory (create with
'touch ./-i'). If you type 'rm *', the first file in the directory
is (almost) certain to be -i, which will be interpreted as a flag to
the command rather than as a filename and will put rm into
interactive mode. I find this a useful safeguard and only very
rarely irritating.
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