static Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Have you been at the command line and decided "OK directory fun/ - it's time to go" so you issue a "rm -R fun/" then had to hit 'y' for every single file in there?!?!?! That is such a long, tedious job. This doesn't happen because linux is configured that way, it happens because mandrake is configured that way. Here's how to fix it. $ su (Enter root password) # vi /etc/profile.d/alias.sh Scroll down to the aliases for cp, mv, and rm. You'll see they have aliased rm='rm -i' so that every time you type rm it asks if you're sure... OF COURSE YOU'RE SURE!! THAT'S WHY YOU TYPED IT!! Remove the -i or the whole alias and save by hitting ESC :wq Now "rm -R fun/" = No more fun for you! Sweet! Next time you enter a terminal it should take effect. Note I also get rid of all the ls aliases and cd aliases so that I don't get lazy and forget the real commands for when I'm on a solaris or other *nix box... Disclaimer: static takes no responibility for people losing important configuration files or other data due to delete-crazy rampages. Use this tip wisely. Please rm responsibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 or you could just do: rm -Rf fun/ or press one less key and do: rm -rf fun/ dont forget, fun with *! rm -rf fun* I like using this when, say, i have a zip file called fun that i unzipped and then decided I didn't want it anymore. it will get rid of the directory AND the zip file! same disclaimer as static... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qnr Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 But be careful with $ rm -rf fun* It will delete both the directory and the zip file for fun, but it will also delete the folder named functions, an ebook named fundamentals_of_linux.pdf, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 forgot to mention that ;-) thanks. explanation: * is a wildcard. with the command i gave, any directory that starts with fun will be deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
static Posted July 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2003 Correction: explanation: * is a wildcard. with the command i gave, any directory OR FILE that starts with fun will be deleted. OK so considering you could just use the "f" switch to "force" the deletion, we'll say I posted this tip to advise you to not get lazy with your *nix commands. Edit your /etc/profile.d/alias.sh so that your linux box is like any other solaris, BSD or other unix flavour to make you a more valuable employee. Yeah, that's it! Yeah! Also, now you can add your own aliases, like alias tr="tar -czf" to create a tar.gz file, or anything you'd like to shorten the command of. Note this is the opposite of "not getting lazy with your *nix commands" but HEY! it's your box and you can do whatcha like to! Note disclaimer above... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 14, 2003 Report Share Posted July 14, 2003 Correction:explanation: * is a wildcard. with the command i gave, any directory OR FILE that starts with fun will be deleted.[/i] i'm just missing things left and right, aren't i? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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