Re: [PLUG] Interactive rm

[morgan <morgan@morganjones.org>]

Art,

If you're using bash you would create an alias:

alias rm="rm -i"

That will only affect the current shell.  In Fedora Core and probably 
other linuxes you would vi /etc/bashrc and add alias rm="rm -i" to the 
bottom.

Changes to /etc/bashrc don't affect running shells.  You're best to 
logout completely to make sure it takes effect everywhere.

-morgan



Art Alexion wrote:
> When I first started using Linux about 5 years ago, "rm *" defaulted to
> "rm -i *".
>
> I just clumsily deleted all of the files in a directory with the numpad
> -- trying to type "*.flac", I hit the enter key with the side of my
> finger slightly before it hit the "." key.
>
> How can I restore rm's default behavior so that "rm *" requires
> confirmation, but "rm specified_file" does not?
>
>
>
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