On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 21:22 -0400, Doug wrote: > On 06/11/2013 09:00 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 06/11/2013 05:29 PM, Tim wrote: > > > Agreed. However, it can be argued that if you know enough to do that, > > you should also know enough to be careful with rm. As root, unless I'm > > deleting exactly one file, I use ls first to see exactly what I'm going > > to delete. It's a form of "measure twice, cut once" that's prevented at > > least one disaster over the years. (N.B.: once you've examined the > > results of ls, the safest way to use rm is to use the up arrow to get > > back the preceding command line, then edit it. That's probably the best > > way to be sure that what you delete is what you listed.) > > I find that when you are going to perform some kind of action on a file, > and you have found it using ls -la, highlight the file and ctrl-shift-c. > Then whetever your command is, command ctrl-shift-v. > > That's a better option than command filename-without-last-part* because > there may be two or more identical first part filenames, but different > extensions. The most obvious is filename and filename.bak. Another > common example is a filename with two or more version numbers in the > extensions. > > --doug > > > -- > Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. > --A.M.Greeley Tip from this list I think If using "su -" regularly add this to /root/.bashrc to obtain the root prompt in red PS1="\[\033[1;31m\][\u@\h:\w]$\[\033[0m\] " John -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
