Tim: >> 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. Kevin J. Cummings: > 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. I don't know what the original poster's environment is, but it's a dicey thing to do wildcard deletions, hoping that something else will save you from yourself. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
