From: Daniel47@teranews.com   
      
   unruh wrote:   
   > On 2013-03-15, Daniel47@teranews.com  wrote:   
   >> Bit Twister wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:11:36 +1100, Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In Linux (as root), I seem to be issuing lots of rm *.*'s and hitting   
   >>>> "Y" heaps with the occasional rd (directory). Back in DOS or Win3/95/98,   
   >>>> I'd probably have just entered something like "Del *.*" and "job done".   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Is there something like this for Linux??   
   >>>   
   >>> Two command line methods follow:   
   >>>   
   >>> 1    /bin/rm -r whatever_you_did_before   
   >>> 2    \rm -r whatever_you_did_before   
   >>>   
   >>> Reason you have the problem, run the following command:   
   >>>        type rm   
   >>> and run this command   
   >>>        man rm   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> O.K., so when I enter "type rm", I'm told that rm is aliased as "rm -i"   
   >> (so that's what Jim Kerr was talking about, and what Chris Johnson is   
   >> arguing against) which is telling Linux that I want to reply to each and   
   >> every directory/file removal.   
   >>   
   >> rm -r or rm -R or rm -f would remove directories and files recursively.   
   >> (cut and paste into my "useful Linux Commands" file!!)   
   >   
   > No. rm -r wil remove them recursively. rm -f will force removal without   
   > asking for permission.   
   > YOu were told to do   
   > man rm   
   > you have not done so. Do so.   
      
   Bad guess, unruh, I did "type rm" and then "man rm", just as BT   
   suggested, but, as I think I've said here once or ninety-four times   
   before, I find reading "man" bloody difficult, which, I think, is why   
   I'm more likely to ask here!!   
      
   So rm -f is what I'm after then. "Just do it, don't ask!!"   
      
   Daniel   
      
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