Command Line Question

[James Finstrom]

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 <dandubo at gmail.com> wrote:

> rm -i *.txt | yes
>
> may work for you?
>
> [root at 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 <eric.cope at gmail.com> 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.
>>
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