On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 12:33:34PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> rm is like a table saw. rm with the "-f" switch is like a table saw with
> the blade guard removed. Sometimes you have to use it that way, but you'd
> better be extra-careful or you'll cut your fingers off. :)
There's a very useful feature of bash that can also help a little bit
when doing this sort of thing, unfortunately (IMHO) not the default,
where such dangerous commands can at least be kept out of the command
history buffer by preceding the command with a space. From bash(1):
HISTCONTROL
If set to a value of ignorespace, lines which begin with a space char-
acter are not entered on the history list. If set to a value of
...
If you use the command history a lot (e.g., with the arrow keys or ^R),
having commands like that lurking in the history is, well, like having that
un-guarded table saw sitting there ready to accidentally cut again. Or
something...
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Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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