This can be a pain if you're deleting many files, but
alias rm='rm -i'
Stop Using `rm` in Bash. Use `del`
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Re: Stop Using `rm` in Bash. Use `del`
#72`alias rm='rm -rf /'`
Re: Stop Using `rm` in Bash. Use `del`
#73This can be a pain if you're deleting many files, but alias rm='rm -i' has worked for me.
Okay I think this is more elegant than my workaround. But it doesn’t work for directories, does it?
Re: Stop Using `rm` in Bash. Use `del`
#74This can be a pain if you're deleting many files, but alias rm='rm -i' has worked for me.
Okay I think this is more elegant than my workaround. But it doesn’t work for directories, does it?
When I execute "rm -r" with that alias, it does prompt me before deleting directories, at least on Mac OS.
Re: Stop Using `rm` in Bash. Use `del`
#75This can be a pain if you're deleting many files, but alias rm='rm -i' has worked for me.
Okay I think this is more elegant than my workaround. But it doesn’t work for directories, does it?
BTW, if I'm absolutely sure I want to delete all the files in a directory and all subdirectories, and I don't want to bother with a gazillion prompts, I can override the alias with a backslash, as in "\rm -r *". Use with extreme caution, though. Otherwise, your solution of putting into Trash is probably better and safer.
Re: Stop Using `rm` in Bash. Use `del`
#76I already have an alternative for Windows users. Doesn't provide any data retention mechanism, but still helpful:
$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/del
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 18 12:46 /usr/local/bin/del -> /usr/games/sl