Re: [Suggestion] Add warning/error when using the tilde expansion in a folder where the tile-named file/folder exists

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/12/25 10:50 AM, Andrés Rodríguez Reina wrote:

Bash Version: 5.0
Patch Level: 17
Release Status: release

Description:
         Due to a mistake in coding a script, a folder named '~' was generated. An 
unexperienced bash user issued the command "rm -rf ~" by mistake, intending to 
delete the '~' folder, but this resulted in deleting 150GB+ of data at their home 
directory.

         In my opinion, it would be useful to have a warning be issued when in 
interactive mode, when at the current working directory a file/folder named '~' 
exists, and a command with a parameter starting with ~ is used (which will 
produce tilde expansion).

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not inclined to implement it.

Chet


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