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  • From: James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [BL] helpful alias for newbies
  • Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:34:58 -0500 (CDT)

Reading over an article on filesystem checking, I ran across what looks
like a really helpful alias for a much used Linux system command - rm. It
links rm to rm -i , which asks the user for confirmation before deleting
any file with the rm command. To set up the alias on your system do
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alias rm='rm -i'
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After you do this, any time you issue "rm fileuwannadelete.txt" you get a
response from the system "rm: remove 'fileuwannadelete.txt'?" Press
"n" or "y" keys accordingly.

James





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