Topic: cp & rm defaults

[aussie]

(I hope this is not too DUMB!)

Both cp and rm have the -i parameter to interactively check each file before action.

Sme setups seem to have this by default:
how do you override it, as I WANT to be able to
rm *.xxx to remove all .xxx files without interaction.

TIA Rob  

[ddougan]

Use the -f option (for force).

[grand-pa]

If you want to definitly modify these options, you can edit ~/.bashrc and remove or comment the 3 aliases.

[raem]

You could have done
man rm
at the command prompt to find out the correct syntax required, as you can also do with most other commands, assuming that a manual page(s) exist for it.

Regs
Ray

[Anonymous]

Use the -f option (for force).

i tried that ! still get 'overwrite' prompt.
regards Rob

[raem]

What command are you actually entering ?

This works OK for me
rm -f 1.*
which deletes 1.msg and 1.txt without prompting
or
rm -f *.msg
deletes all *.msg files without prompting
Regs
Ray

[Anonymous]

If you want to definitly modify these options, you can edit ~/.bashrc and remove or comment the 3 aliases.

GoodOnYa Grand-Pa !! THATS what I wanted.

oh and Ray, i DID man and info before posting but either the bashrc aint there or i missed it.

Anyway THERE IT IS BOLD AS BRASS in /root/.bashrc
alias cp='cp -i'
so I #'d that out and I am happy !!

thanks to all,
Robert