on Fri, Apr 12, 2002, Paul Mackinney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Karsten M. Self declaimed:
<...>
> > May I suggest:
> >
> > alias ls="ls --color=auto"
> >
> > ...which toggles color on and off depending on whether stdout is a
> > terminal or a pipe.
> >
> > > Personally I find it lurid and annoying :)
> >
> > That was my initial take some years ago. Now I find Unices which lack a
> > colorized ls depriving. Color is a good cue.
> Indeed. It's been a long time since I used ls -F by default.
>
> BTW: The option Karsten suggests is probably in your .bashrc right now
> but commented out. You might want to check .bash_profile also for other
> commented out configuration ideas. Personally, I like
>
> alias rm='/bin/rm -i'
> alias mv='/bin/mv -i'
> alias cp='/bin/cp -i'
>
> Although there's a valid school of thought that this sets you up to make
> bad mistakes when you expect them to be set and they're not.
Count me soundly in that school. I hate the default aliasing of these
commands on RH systems.
Crutches are for healing and therapy, they're not a standard transport
mode. Aliasing the interactive options builds ***VERY*** bad
expectations and habits.
I use the raw forms of these commands. I also keep regular backups, and
if I'm about to do anything permanent to a large set of files, make
damned sure:
- I've got a copy elsewhere (even if this means shipping 300 MiB over
a DSL line for three hours, as I did this week)
- I know what I want to have happen to the files.
- I've tested the procedure on a test case first.
When I punch <enter>, I mean what I say.
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Unless you are very rich and very eccentric, you will not enjoy the
luxury of having a computer in your own home.
-- Ed Yourdon, _Techniques of Program Structure and Design_, 1975
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