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bug#10819: [BUG][RM]
From: |
Davide Brini |
Subject: |
bug#10819: [BUG][RM] |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:30:20 +0100 |
On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:06:05 -0700, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> tag 10819 needinfo
> thanks
>
> On 02/15/2012 08:05 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm writing to you to inform you of a possible bug in the linux "rm"
> > command.
> > I've experienced that when using by error the said command as
> > following : "rm - rf#*"
>
> That's (probably) not a valid command. By putting a space between - and
> r, you are asking rm to remove the literal files named "-" and any files
> that match the glob "rf#*". Did you mean to type "rm -rf #*" instead,
> which says to recursively and without warning remove any files that
> match the glob "#*"?
At least in bash, but I suppose in other shells too,
rm -rf #*
treats the "#*" part as a comment, and (if you remove the "-f") complains
about missing operand to rm.
--
D.
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], address@hidden, 2012/02/15
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Eric Blake, 2012/02/15
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM],
Davide Brini <=
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Jim Meyering, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Voelker, Bernhard, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Jim Meyering, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Voelker, Bernhard, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Jim Meyering, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Voelker, Bernhard, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Eric Blake, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Jim Meyering, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Stefano Lattarini, 2012/02/16
- bug#10819: [BUG][RM], Eric Blake, 2012/02/16