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Yes, it should be an opt-in but -i would annoy me to death. Also to clarify -I still lets you do stupid things but it gives you a second to pause before you do something stupid. Quoting Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]>: > On Oct 28, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Alex Berry wrote: > >> And that is why alias rm='rm -I' was invented. > > > Do not *ever* set this to be a default for new users. > > During my undergrad, I worked at helpdesk for the group that managed > the computer labs, the general use unix & cms systems (not content > management system ... an IBM mainframe ... one of the last > bitnet-to-internet gateways). > > The engineering school set up a bunch of default aliases for their > systems... including "rm='rm -i'". > > This meant that when people came to *our* servers ... they'd decide > to interactively clean out their home directory by typing: > > rm * > > ... and then wonder why it didn't prompt them. > > ... and then come to the computer lab to complain. > > ... and then complain some more when we wouldn't immediately restore > their files for them. (our policy was technically disaster recovery > only, but it was effectively disaster recovery, upper level > management, or members of the faculty senate ... because restores > from tape really, really sucked.) > > -Joe >