[kanchilug] [Tip] Protect directory from an overzealous rm -rf *
- From: "Tha.Suresh" <jemenisuresh@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 13:07:44 +0530
$ cd <directory>; touch ./-i
Forces the -i flag on the rm command when using a wildcard delete.
The ‘–’ option tells it to stop looking for flags and treat the rest of the
command line as operands.
Note that this trick won’t work if you specify an absolute path (as in *rm
-rf ~/linux/*) — only when you are within the directory. I’d recommend
dropping this in your home and / directories.
Ex:
[suresh@mercury ]$ cd linux; touch ./-i
[suresh@mercury linux]$ rm -rf *
rm: remove regular empty file `test'? n
rm: remove regular empty file `thasu'? n
rm: remove regular empty file `ubuntu'? n
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Tha.Suresh
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