$ /bin/rm --version rm (GNU coreutils) 8.30 $ uname -a Linux xxx 5.4.0-59-generic #65-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 12:01:51 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Linuxmint Description: Linux Mint 20 Release: 20 Codename: ulyana $ touch asdf && chmod a-w asdf && rm asdf 2>&1 | catrm: remove write-protected regular empty file 'asdf'? # should *not* prompt If the prompt cannot be seen, then it can't be properly answered, so there is no point in prompting and consequently leaving the user with a hanging command and no way to know what's being expected of them. Instead rm should attempt to remove the file and succeed or fail based on the result. Same for any other commands (mv, cp) in similar situations. I know about the options -f and --interactive=never, but they shouldn't be needed in this case. Thanks!
