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Wed Jun 29 02:35:17 PDT 2016


Index: rm.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/rm/rm.1,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 rm.1
--- rm.1	17 Jun 2003 04:22:50 -0000	1.2
+++ rm.1	6 Oct 2004 01:34:12 -0000
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
 option overrides any previous
 .Fl f
 options.
+.It Fl I
+Request confirmation once if more then three files are being removed or if a
+directory is being recursively removed.  This is a less intrusive dumb-user
+option then
+.Fl i
 .It Fl P
 Overwrite regular files before deleting them.
 Files are overwritten three times, first with the byte pattern 0xff,
Not to be nitpicky, but this should have sed -i -e s/then/than/g

Additionally, I'd suggest a different monicker than ``dumb-user'' -- 
I've accidentally wiped several things several times with a screwed up 
rm -rf. Ok, you could argue that I'm not the smartest guy, but ... ;) 
Perhaps:

This is an option perhaps more suitable for reducing accidents than
. Fl i
--Devon





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