On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 06:14 +0500, gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Well, in my book, rm is a bash command. It might not be exclusive to > the bash shell, but it definitely is a bash command. Otherwise, maybe > you could tell us what a bash command is to you? You are wrong. 'rm' (meaning /bin/rm) is an executable program. Shell commands are builtin procedures such as 'cd', 'eval', etc. Unix Shells have worked this way since the beginning. In Bash, if you want to know if a command is builtin, use 'type': $ type rm rm is /bin/rm $ type cd cd is a shell builtin $ type type type is a shell builtin poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines