Yeah, rm -i by itself means interactive ( i is for interactive rm which means, it will ask for confirmation every time) for users rm means just rm without i but for root user, it is aliased to rm -i which you can see in .bashrc file . So you are by your command telling the shell to ask for y/n every time. If you are looking to remove without confirmation , rm -f is what you are looking for , as mentioned by Dan. Thanks Amit plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote: > Send PLUG-discuss mailing list submissions to > plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > You can reach the person managing the list at > plug-discuss-owner@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PLUG-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Udev rules and built-in kernel modules (John) > 2. Command Line Question (Eric Cope) > 3. Re: Command Line Question (Dan Dubovik) > 4. Re: Command Line Question (James Finstrom) > 5. Re: Command Line Question (Eric Shubert) > 6. Re: Command Line Question (tjones136@cox.net) > 7. Re: Command Line Question (Eric Cope) > 8. Re: Command Line Question (Dan Dubovik) > 9. Re: Command Line Question (Eric Shubert) > 10. Re: Command Line Question (James Finstrom) > 11. Re: Command Line Question (Eric Cope) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 15:50:21 -0700 (PDT) > From: John > Subject: Udev rules and built-in kernel modules > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: <446422.33022.qm@web51003.mail.re2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > My computer setup needs two RS232 (serial) interfaces. I have the motherboard one and I also have a separate PCI card (4348:3253). The separate card has been going on the fritz since sometimes it just stops working. I bought another PCI serial card and I thought I could swap them out. Unfortunately, the new card (5372:6872) doesn't load the serial kernel driver like the old card. When I do a lspci -v for the old card it says kernel driver=serial and for the new card nothing is listed. I do an udevadm for both and the old one says serial and the new one says serial8250. Not sure why it doesn't say serial8250 when I do a lspci -v for the new card. Can you write a udev rule to load the correct built-in driver? Also, I did a cat on the modules.builtin and it shows serial_core.ko, 8250.ko, 8250_pnp.ko, 8250_pci.ko. I thought I would see a serial.ko and serial8250.ko as well. Any suggestions or am I out of luck on the serial card? > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 09:35:15 -0700 > From: Eric Cope > Subject: Command Line Question > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Good morning all, > I have a question that I don't know how to google. When I issue a command > like "rm -i *.txt", it responds with a question that I type 'y' for every > line. I recall a way to issue a 'y' to every question. I thought it was 'y!' > but that doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know this trick. > > Thanks, > Eric > > p.s. yes, I know I can use \rm *.txt or rm -f *.txt for this specific trite > case, but there are other situations where this would be helpful. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 09:40:57 -0700 > From: Dan Dubovik > Subject: Re: Command Line Question > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > rm -i *.txt | yes > > may work for you? > > [root@localhost]# yes --help > Usage: yes [STRING]... > or: yes OPTION > Repeatedly output a line with all specified STRING(s), or `y'. > > --help display this help and exit > --version output version information and exit > > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Eric Cope wrote: > > >> Good morning all, >> I have a question that I don't know how to google. When I issue a command >> like "rm -i *.txt", it responds with a question that I type 'y' for every >> line. I recall a way to issue a 'y' to every question. I thought it was 'y!' >> but that doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know this trick. >> >> Thanks, >> Eric >> >> p.s. yes, I know I can use \rm *.txt or rm -f *.txt for this specific trite >> case, but there are other situations where this would be helpful. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 09:51:13 -0700 > From: James Finstrom > Subject: Re: Command Line Question > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > man rm: > -f, --force > ignore nonexistent files, never prompt > > Dangerous sometimes but it is what you seek > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Dan Dubovik wrote: > > >> rm -i *.txt | yes >> >> may work for you? >> >> [root@localhost]# yes --help >> Usage: yes [STRING]... >> or: yes OPTION >> Repeatedly output a line with all specified STRING(s), or `y'. >> >> --help display this help and exit >> --version output version information and exit >> >> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Eric Cope wrote: >> >> >>> Good morning all, >>> I have a question that I don't know how to google. When I issue a command >>> like "rm -i *.txt", it responds with a question that I type 'y' for every >>> line. I recall a way to issue a 'y' to every question. I thought it was 'y!' >>> but that doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know this trick. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Eric >>> >>> p.s. yes, I know I can use \rm *.txt or rm -f *.txt for this specific >>> trite case, but there are other situations where this would be helpful. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > > > > -- Thank you Amit Nepal Systems Administrator Phoenix Internet 602-385-0731 602-234-0917 # 112 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss