OT: the rm bug hit me again

[Robin Laing]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Charles Curley <charlescurley <at> charlescurley.com> writes:
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>>>The core skill I learnt as a sysadmin was not "don't do rm *" but "pause
>>>and THINK before pressing return".
>>
>>Or run "ls ..." first, then uparrow and replace the ls with the rm.
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> Or use a graphical file manager. Krusader not only lets you see what you're 
> deleting while you're selecting it, it also prompts you for confirmation, 
> presenting the list of the files and/or directories you're deleting again (i.e. 
> it implicitly does the ls).
> 
>         Kevin Kofler
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Graphical file manager?  That isn't the *nix way of doing things.  :)

And the -f in the rm command it to stop the "Confirm delete?" questions. 
   My rm is set to confirm all deletes using alias.

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Robin Laing