Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 02:34:11AM -0600, David Talkington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
> | >If I leave off the -f flag GNU rm seems to ask about _every_ bloody
> | >file. This makes it so close to useless that one must use -f all the
> | >time. Which is VERY VERY BAD, because it makes habitual the "don't do
> | >any sanity checks at all" mode. Dangerous in the extreme.
> |
> | On Red Hat, by default:
> | # alias rm
> | alias rm='rm -i'
> |
> | It's set in .bashrc. Just get rid of the alias, and you won't get
> | "interactive".
> |
> | 'Zat help?
>
> Doh! Indeed it does. For the record, I normally don't use bash (I use
> another Bourne shell), so I expect to be free of RedHat's excess zeal
> (coloured ls - bleah!)
Personally I love the colored ls :)
ret
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