On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 10:36:55AM +0000, Martyn Pearce wrote: > > Lindsay Allen writes: > | > rm -rf * > | > | That's something I *never* do. Why? Because it puts "rm -rf *" in my > | history buffer which means that one slip can lead to disaster. So I > | use rm -rf /here/there/some/place/* which at least means I cannot blow > | away my whole file system if I make an error. > > If that's a big concern for you, under bash, you could precede the > command with a space, which prevents history insertion.
Note that for this to work you have to typeset HISTCONTROL=(ignorespace|ignoreboth) see also bash(1) Peter Palfrader -- Yes means No and No means Yes. Delete all files [Y]?
