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Re: [PATCH] rm: Add number of arguments to interactive prompt
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: [PATCH] rm: Add number of arguments to interactive prompt |
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Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:53:07 +0100 |
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On 07/18/2013 10:53 PM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> Include the number of arguments which rm received in the "Remove all
> arguments?" prompt. This is useful in the, presumably, common case
> where the arguments were not provided by hand, but instead were the
> result of various shell expansions. A simple, if somewhat contrived,
> example (assuming rm is aliased to rm -I) could be
>
> rm * .o
>
> where the prompt "Remove all 120 arguments?" is more likely to make
> the user catch the problem.
This makes sense.
Though slightly awkward when n_file==1 it's an improvement.
I'll apply soon.
thanks!
Pádraig.