On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Jim Kannengieser wrote:
> Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last
> weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many
> commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the man,
This is a Redhatism, and I consider it evil.
Look in /etc/bashrc, /etc/skel/bashrc, /root/.bashrc and
/home/yourusername/.bashrc and make sure that the "alias" commands for
these commands are commented out or erased. Meanwhile, you might try
adding alias ls='ls --color' to /etc/bashrc, which would be an alias that
does something useful.
Once you make the changes, you have to logout and log in again for them to
take effect.
> suggestion? It's really annoying, especially when deleting large
> directories with many nested subdirectories.
Try the rm -rf command for this. (or just rm -r, which is a little less
potentially hazardous once you get those awful aliases removed).
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