bug#37686: Feature request: flag to not remove any files if any argument doesn't exist or is a directory

2019-10-14 Thread L A Walsh
On 2019/10/09 14:01, Mark Friedenbach wrote: > I have a persistent problem that has caused me serious trouble in the > past: I mixup 'rm' and 'mv'. I suspect this is because on my keyboard > they are typed with the same fingers and muscle memory kicks in, > especially if I just typed the other comm

bug#37702: Suggestion for 'df' utility

2019-10-14 Thread L A Walsh
On 2019/10/11 12:56, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 10/11/19 11:20 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > >> if you want to exclude nested file systems like that, >> you could try: >>alias df='df -x squashfs' >> > On my Fedora 30 workstation that option doesn't make any difference. > -- I'd sugges

bug#37702: Suggestion for 'df' utility

2019-10-14 Thread Paul Eggert
On 10/14/19 1:01 AM, Kamil Dudka wrote: This is not an excuse to introduce new problems. I'm not looking for an "excuse". df (through no fault of its own) has evolved into a bad program that needs fixing. Backward compatibility concerns are real and we should take them into account, but they sh

bug#37702: Suggestion for 'df' utility

2019-10-14 Thread Kamil Dudka
On Monday, October 14, 2019 8:06:47 AM CEST Paul Eggert wrote: > On 10/13/19 3:00 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote: > > I'm not sure if it's easy to find a set of criteria > > that would work well while having minimal unexpected side effects of > > hiding > > entries people in other systems do expect to see.