2016-04-13 11:23:01 +0000, Anis ELLEUCH: > Hello everybody, > > I would like to ask if it is possible to disable expanding asterisk when it > selects all entries ? > > `$ rm * .jpg` with a mistaken space between asterisk and .jpg will delete > everything in your home directory or in the entire disk. > > In my opinion, when the user asks to select "everything" which could be `*` > or `path/*`, bash has to show a confirmation prompt to check if the user > was not mistaken, this option should be obviously disabled by default > > Another idea: `*` and `/*` should not be interpreted and the user has to > enter another sequence "more powerful" to emphasize selecting all entries ( > `^*` would it work just fine ?) [...]
zsh does that by default: $ rm * .jpg zsh: sure you want to delete all the files in /tmp [yn]? (disabled with "setopt RM_STAR_SILENT") Also in tcsh, though not enabled by default there: > set rmstar > rm * Do you really want to delete all files? [n/y] (they match on "rm *" or "rm dir/*") For bash, you can try this approach: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/108803/preventing-deletion-of-system-shell-aliased-folders/108854#108854 -- Stephane
