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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Protection from "rm *"
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Date: 12 Oct 90 14:02:54 GMT
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In article <AAS.90Oct11100737@boeygen.nr.no> aas@boeygen.nr.no (Gisle Aas) writes:
>The "-i" file trick does not work if you use rm the right way: rm -f - *

I believe that the goal is to protect from mistyping "rm file1 n*" and
getting "rm file1n *".  It has happened to me when in a hurry.

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM.     tif@doorstop, sc30661 at ausvm6
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