Re: [newbie] rm-command
On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 14:03, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Thursday 25 December 2003 16:09, Paul wrote: > > On 12/25/2003 04:43 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: > > >Well, I never do a general ./* > > > > > >I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - > > >textfile*.txt. > > > > > >I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since > > >then I never did this stupid * stuff ;-) . > > > > That is _the_ way to learn... My way was the same way, except it > > was my $HOME. With subdirs... *grin* > > That is also when my paranoia with backups paid off! > > Paul > > Allow me to quote the legendary Civileme : > > > > rm -r /whateverdirectoryname/and/path -f > the -r is for recursive (i. e. descend into subdirectories) and the > -f is for force without asking, While > > rm -rf /whateverdirectoryname/and/path > > will work to the same effect, it is considered bad form. Imagine > that you type this far > > rm -rf / > > and then the household cat launches for your desktop and plops a fat > paw on the enter key. Your entire filesystem(s) are bye-bye, even > /mnt/windows_c if you happen to have one and it is writeable. > > Aside from having the household cat for supper, there is no > compensation, and of course even less when you fat-finger the enter > key yourself. Take it from someone who has committed that faux > pas. > > Civileme > > > > Merry Christmas all ! > > Kaj Haulrich. Wow! I like it. I was typing 'rm /any/dir' and adding the '-rf' switches afterward to get 'rm -rf /any/dir'. Thanks a lot, Kaj. -- Adolfo A. Bello B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Make your posts more effective. Learn how at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
Christoph Eckert wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 16:37 schrieb robin: typing something like "rm ./*" Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. Actually I was thinking more of something like that - if I have a directory with a load of HTML files and JPGs and only want to get rid of the JPGs, then something like rm -f *.jpg is a blessing. In the case I mentioned, my mistake of being in the wrong directory was compounded by the fact that the files I wanted to remove were all named something like ???efjh234, so I typed "rm -f ./?*", forgetting that "?" is also a regular expression! One of the most embarrassing moments of my computing life. BTW, Civileme's implicit advice to put in the full path is very sound. Sir Robin -- "Certitude is possible for those who only own one encyclopedia." - Robert Anton Wilson Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 25 December 2003 16:09, Paul wrote: On 12/25/2003 04:43 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since then I never did this stupid * stuff ;-) . That is _the_ way to learn... My way was the same way, except it was my $HOME. With subdirs... *grin* That is also when my paranoia with backups paid off! Paul Allow me to quote the legendary Civileme : rm -r /whateverdirectoryname/and/path -f the -r is for recursive (i. e. descend into subdirectories) and the -f is for force without asking, While rm -rf /whateverdirectoryname/and/path will work to the same effect, it is considered bad form. Imagine that you type this far rm -rf / and then the household cat launches for your desktop and plops a fat paw on the enter key. Your entire filesystem(s) are bye-bye, even /mnt/windows_c if you happen to have one and it is writeable. True - never understimate the power of cats, children and spouses. and never type "su" when you've had a few. Sir Robin -- "Certitude is possible for those who only own one encyclopedia." - Robert Anton Wilson Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
On Thursday 25 December 2003 01:03 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: -> Allow me to quote the legendary Civileme : He ruled - I miss him on this list... :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
On Thursday 25 December 2003 16:09, Paul wrote: > On 12/25/2003 04:43 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: > >Well, I never do a general ./* > > > >I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - > >textfile*.txt. > > > >I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since > >then I never did this stupid * stuff ;-) . > > That is _the_ way to learn... My way was the same way, except it > was my $HOME. With subdirs... *grin* > That is also when my paranoia with backups paid off! > Paul Allow me to quote the legendary Civileme : rm -r /whateverdirectoryname/and/path -f the -r is for recursive (i. e. descend into subdirectories) and the -f is for force without asking, While rm -rf /whateverdirectoryname/and/path will work to the same effect, it is considered bad form. Imagine that you type this far rm -rf / and then the household cat launches for your desktop and plops a fat paw on the enter key. Your entire filesystem(s) are bye-bye, even /mnt/windows_c if you happen to have one and it is writeable. Aside from having the household cat for supper, there is no compensation, and of course even less when you fat-finger the enter key yourself. Take it from someone who has committed that faux pas. Civileme Merry Christmas all ! Kaj Haulrich. -- ** Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
On 12/25/2003 04:43 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since then I never did this stupid * stuff ;-) . That is _the_ way to learn... My way was the same way, except it was my $HOME. With subdirs... *grin* That is also when my paranoia with backups paid off! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 16:37 schrieb robin: > typing something like "rm ./*" Well, I never do a general ./* I always make ls -l and then tell rm to remove - for example - textfile*.txt. I once deleted the content of one whole directory, and since then I never did this stupid * stuff ;-) . Gruß / regards ce == Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/6wWogCBqix845w0RAlGPAJ9rHnwYgLzzuzh99WKZvnVKDjmYKACfSWMW 5H8n520NFyzk7Q/mw8p9byM= =tix+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
Paul wrote: On 12/25/2003 02:36 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. Can I disable this question in any manner? Have a look at $HOME/.bashrc. There probably is an alias in it stating alias rm='rm -i' Replace that by alias rm='rm' and you are fine. Personally I wouldn't do that. The time consumed by typing "rm -f" instead of "rm" is infinitessimal compared to the time consumed by typing something like "rm ./*" then realising you're in the wrong directory! (I once got my terminal sessions mixed up and thought I was in /mnt/floppy when I was actually telnetting to my web server - bye bye website!) Sir Robin -- "Certitude is possible for those who only own one encyclopedia." - Robert Anton Wilson Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 15:42 schrieb Manolo Canga: > /etc/profile.d/alias.sh many thanks, I just found it occasionally. Changed the file and will see after a relogin if it behaves as I'd like it to. Gruß / regards ce == Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/6viqgCBqix845w0RAkrHAJ9N19+hb87+7S7Bk56uJrhUNn8a/gCfZMuf xaz1RuRIIKWgnlaPBI11CfI= =ZzR4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 14:46, Paul escribió: > Have a look at $HOME/.bashrc. > There probably is an alias in it stating alias rm='rm -i' > Replace that by alias rm='rm' and you are fine. /etc/profile.d/alias.sh -- Manolo Canga Mi Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mi web: http://bailandodesvan.webcindario.com Tu Fortuna: # <--- Raspa para saber el premio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Donnerstag, 25. Dezember 2003 14:46 schrieb Paul: > Have a look at $HOME/.bashrc unfortunately, I have had a look to $HOME/.bashrc, $HOME/.profile, /etc/bashrc and /etc/profile. But there are some aliases in /etc/profile.d/alias.sh. I changed the file according to my wishes, but unfortunately it didn't yet result as wanted. Maybe I'll have to login anew, will test this later. Many thanks for your hint so far (and merry Xmas of courese ;-). Gruß / regards ce == Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/6vYJgCBqix845w0RAujrAJ9IcVE/qyvRxlABPdzxsF3xsb+umgCdGyfu YxebxhVCxSXnGEDrRbbZG5k= =xMzS -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
On 12/25/2003 02:36 PM, Christoph Eckert wrote: On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. Can I disable this question in any manner? Have a look at $HOME/.bashrc. There probably is an alias in it stating alias rm='rm -i' Replace that by alias rm='rm' and you are fine. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rm-command
El Jueves, 25 de Diciembre de 2003 14:36, Christoph Eckert escribió: > On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple > files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). > > The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. > > Can I disable this question in any manner? use: rm -f -- Manolo Canga Mi Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mi web: http://bailandodesvan.webcindario.com Tu Fortuna: Los viejos quimicos nunca mueren, simplemente dejan de reaccionar. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rm-command
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, short question: On my Mandrake 9.2 box, every time I try to use rm on multiple files, I get asked if I really want to remove the file(s). The default behaviour of rm is, not to ask. Can I disable this question in any manner? Gruß / regards ce == Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 8200: http://home.t-online.de/home/mchristoph.eckert/inspiron8200/ == -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/6ufSgCBqix845w0RAj9RAJ9O2KxLukFeqV0Sp6iOxa4DI5XrRgCgh8VM gyywV3TKtpDcpdzT2LBo9xk= =NLQ3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
