Re: [Suggestion] Add warning/error when using the tilde expansion in a folder where the tile-named file/folder exists

[Dale R. Worley]

Andrés Rodríguez Reina <are...@gmv.com> writes:
...
> Due to a mistake in coding a script, a folder named '~' was
> generated. An unexperienced bash user issued the command "rm -rf ~" by
> mistake, intending to delete the '~' folder, but this resulted in
> deleting 150GB+ of data at their home directory.

It might be worth extending this test to the "~name" form as well.

Dale