Charles Curley <charlescurley <at> charlescurley.com> writes:
> > The core skill I learnt as a sysadmin was not "don't do rm *" but "pause
> > and THINK before pressing return".
>
> Or run "ls ..." first, then uparrow and replace the ls with the rm.
Or use a graphical file manager. Krusader not only lets you see what you're
deleting while you're selecting it, it also prompts you for confirmation,
presenting the list of the files and/or directories you're deleting again (i.e.
it implicitly does the ls).
Kevin Kofler
