OT: the rm bug hit me again
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Wed Oct 25 20:45:05 UTC 2006
Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Charles Curley <charlescurley <at> charlescurley.com> writes:
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>>>The core skill I learnt as a sysadmin was not "don't do rm *" but "pause
>>>and THINK before pressing return".
>>
>>Or run "ls ..." first, then uparrow and replace the ls with the rm.
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> Or use a graphical file manager. Krusader not only lets you see what you're
> deleting while you're selecting it, it also prompts you for confirmation,
> presenting the list of the files and/or directories you're deleting again (i.e.
> it implicitly does the ls).
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> Kevin Kofler
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Graphical file manager? That isn't the *nix way of doing things. :)
And the -f in the rm command it to stop the "Confirm delete?" questions.
My rm is set to confirm all deletes using alias.
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Robin Laing
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