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From: jsb@dasys1.UUCP (Jim Baunbach)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: suggest solutions for "rm *"
Message-ID: <2123@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 16:58:14 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 16:58:14 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 04:26:40 EST
References: <5715@j.cc.purdue.edu> <911@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsb@dasys1.UUCP (Jim Baunbach)
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In article <911@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
>In article <5715@j.cc.purdue.edu>, ksb@j.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Braunsdorf) writes:
>> Can anyone suggest a solution to the novice user's classic error message:
>>
>> 	% rm * .o
>> 	rm: .o nonexistent
>
>Sure, use rm -f, that way it won't complain :-) :-)
>

	My problem is that I wanted to remove all my files but instead of
typing "rm", by mistake I typed "rn" and was forced to read hundreds of 
postings on the pronunciation of "char", jokes about Oprah Winfrey, and
requests of how to unROT13.  Surely we must be prevented from allowing
this to happen?
			-jsb
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