Tim wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 22:45 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >> When all else fails, wildcards can be your friends. > > See what you get with ls rather than rm, first, if you're using > wildcards. You don't want to delete more than you expect to. Isn't that what the -i/--interactive option is for? It lets you say y/n to each removal. I believe its set through an alias for root by default, but not for normal users. -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)