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[pwg]

The better recommendation is to alias rm -i to del:

    alias del='rm -i'

And then get in the habit of using 'del' unless you really want a no-confirmation delete.

Then when you are on another computer or at someone else's shell you get:

    del: command not found

Instead of having a bunch of files silently deleted.

[fiddlerwoaroof → pwg]

Another trick is to run

    touch —- -i 

In important directories. Then rm -rf * expands to rm -rf .... -i ... and you get the “are you sure” prompt.

[thaumasiotes → pwg]

This strategy will fail pretty badly if you're on someone else's computer using Windows or DOS, where 'del' is the delete command.

[happymellon → thaumasiotes]

Does `del -rf /` do a lot on Windows?

[thaumasiotes → happymellon]

I doubt it, but `del *` should do the same thing on both systems.

[pwg → thaumasiotes]

Except that on windows, "del" defaults to prompting "are you sure" when one types "del *".