On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 03:30:00PM +0200, Khalid EZZARAOUI wrote: > hello, > > I would like to know if it is possible to delete all file ending by the > symbol ~ > with the command without risk : > rm -R *~ > I have more and more of them every day. > > thanks.
Yes, you can do this command, but if you think a command might be harmful, why would you use it when you don't really understand it? Using wildcards can dangerous when used with the rm command. From experience, I know it is all too easy to type rm -rf * ~ instead of rm -rf *~ -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ACORN techie <http://www.acorn.net> AOL/IM Jim Foltz
