On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 01:00:35AM -0500, Eric Andrew Lewis wrote: > In short, I'd like to make a program that does this: > > $ explain "rm -rf *" > rm -rf * > └── rm remove files or directories > ├── -r remove directories and their contents recursively > ├── -f ignore nonexistent files, never prompt > └── * Remove (unlink) files matching this text pattern.
Are you aware of rm --help ? The --help argument is very common in commands. -- Mike Bianchi