Define some of the following aliases in your /etc/bashrc
alias cp='cp -iv'
alias mv='mv -i'
alias rm='rm -i'
Jim Kannengieser wrote:
>
> Hi. I'm new to Linux, having just installed Red Hat 5.0 on my system last
> weekend, but I'm not new to Unix. I was surprised to find that many
> commands ask for confirmations, particularly rm. I took a look at the man,
> but couldn't find a flag to turn confirmations off. Anyone have a
> suggestion? It's really annoying, especially when deleting large
> directories with many nested subdirectories.
>
> TIA
>
> Jim
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