Thanks for all your responses. I think that bash as a programming language is also an everyday tool. The idea of a strong character that selects all files, is it bad?
Le jeu. 14 avr. 2016 à 09:07, Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chaze...@gmail.com> a écrit : > 2016-04-13 11:23:01 +0000, Anis ELLEUCH: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I would like to ask if it is possible to disable expanding asterisk when > it > > selects all entries ? > > > > `$ rm * .jpg` with a mistaken space between asterisk and .jpg will delete > > everything in your home directory or in the entire disk. > > > > In my opinion, when the user asks to select "everything" which could be > `*` > > or `path/*`, bash has to show a confirmation prompt to check if the user > > was not mistaken, this option should be obviously disabled by default > > > > Another idea: `*` and `/*` should not be interpreted and the user has to > > enter another sequence "more powerful" to emphasize selecting all > entries ( > > `^*` would it work just fine ?) > [...] > > zsh does that by default: > > $ rm * .jpg > zsh: sure you want to delete all the files in /tmp [yn]? > > (disabled with "setopt RM_STAR_SILENT") > > Also in tcsh, though not enabled by default there: > > > set rmstar > > rm * > Do you really want to delete all files? [n/y] > > (they match on "rm *" or "rm dir/*") > > For bash, you can try this approach: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/108803/preventing-deletion-of-system-shell-aliased-folders/108854#108854 > > -- > Stephane > -- Sent from my mobile
