Interactive rm command
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When I remove some directories, I often forgot their structure and consequently I don't add the -rf flags when needed. When this happens, rm just returns an error and reminds me that I am trying to delete a directory.
Is there a program that would instead ask whether I want to remove the directory, or remove with root privileges?
rm foo
foo is directory, Want to remove it [Y/n]
foo/bar owned by root, Want to increase privileges [Y/n]
rm
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When I remove some directories, I often forgot their structure and consequently I don't add the -rf flags when needed. When this happens, rm just returns an error and reminds me that I am trying to delete a directory.
Is there a program that would instead ask whether I want to remove the directory, or remove with root privileges?
rm foo
foo is directory, Want to remove it [Y/n]
foo/bar owned by root, Want to increase privileges [Y/n]
rm
edited Oct 30 '17 at 10:08
kiamlaluno
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asked Oct 30 '17 at 9:08
user1685095
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It doesn't matter who ownsfoo/bar(as long asfoodoesn't have thetbit). To be able to delete it, you only need write access tofoo.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 30 '17 at 10:29
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When I remove some directories, I often forgot their structure and consequently I don't add the -rf flags when needed. When this happens, rm just returns an error and reminds me that I am trying to delete a directory.
Is there a program that would instead ask whether I want to remove the directory, or remove with root privileges?
rm foo
foo is directory, Want to remove it [Y/n]
foo/bar owned by root, Want to increase privileges [Y/n]
rm
edited Oct 30 '17 at 10:08
kiamlaluno
362220
asked Oct 30 '17 at 9:08
user1685095
282313
When I remove some directories, I often forgot their structure and consequently I don't add the -rf flags when needed. When this happens, rm just returns an error and reminds me that I am trying to delete a directory.
Is there a program that would instead ask whether I want to remove the directory, or remove with root privileges?
rm foo
foo is directory, Want to remove it [Y/n]
foo/bar owned by root, Want to increase privileges [Y/n]
rm
edited Oct 30 '17 at 10:08
kiamlaluno
362220
asked Oct 30 '17 at 9:08
user1685095
282313
edited Oct 30 '17 at 10:08
kiamlaluno
362220
edited Oct 30 '17 at 10:08
kiamlaluno
362220
edited Oct 30 '17 at 10:08
kiamlaluno
362220
362220
asked Oct 30 '17 at 9:08
user1685095
282313
asked Oct 30 '17 at 9:08
user1685095
282313
asked Oct 30 '17 at 9:08
user1685095
282313
282313
It doesn't matter who ownsfoo/bar(as long asfoodoesn't have thetbit). To be able to delete it, you only need write access tofoo.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 30 '17 at 10:29
add a comment |Â
It doesn't matter who ownsfoo/bar(as long asfoodoesn't have thetbit). To be able to delete it, you only need write access tofoo.
– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 30 '17 at 10:29
It doesn't matter who owns
foo/bar (as long as foo doesn't have the t bit). To be able to delete it, you only need write access to foo.– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 30 '17 at 10:29
It doesn't matter who owns
foo/bar (as long as foo doesn't have the t bit). To be able to delete it, you only need write access to foo.– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 30 '17 at 10:29
add a comment |Â
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No, there is not. What you're looking for is the advanced behaviour of a script, which you won't find in UNIX commands as they are designed to do one simple thing and do it well.
You could write a script to automatically tell a file from a directory and hence use the appropriate rm or rmdir (first requirement), but you'd need to run the script with root privileges for it to be able to remove root-owned files (second requirement). In fact, you can't increase privileges in a root script.
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
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One could usesudo(or equivalent) in the script (or better, function) to escalate privileges. The issue is dealing with command line flags and command line flag-like file names. You would have to do full processing of the command line to be able to correctly pass on any user-supplied flags to the realrm.
– Kusalananda
Oct 30 '17 at 10:13
I'm not talking about Unix commands. I'm talking about programs in general. I could easily write one myself even insh. I just don't want to do that, if someone else already done that.
– user1685095
Oct 30 '17 at 12:02
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1 Answer
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active
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active
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up vote
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No, there is not. What you're looking for is the advanced behaviour of a script, which you won't find in UNIX commands as they are designed to do one simple thing and do it well.
You could write a script to automatically tell a file from a directory and hence use the appropriate rm or rmdir (first requirement), but you'd need to run the script with root privileges for it to be able to remove root-owned files (second requirement). In fact, you can't increase privileges in a root script.
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
15.3k114769
One could usesudo(or equivalent) in the script (or better, function) to escalate privileges. The issue is dealing with command line flags and command line flag-like file names. You would have to do full processing of the command line to be able to correctly pass on any user-supplied flags to the realrm.
– Kusalananda
Oct 30 '17 at 10:13
I'm not talking about Unix commands. I'm talking about programs in general. I could easily write one myself even insh. I just don't want to do that, if someone else already done that.
– user1685095
Oct 30 '17 at 12:02
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
No, there is not. What you're looking for is the advanced behaviour of a script, which you won't find in UNIX commands as they are designed to do one simple thing and do it well.
You could write a script to automatically tell a file from a directory and hence use the appropriate rm or rmdir (first requirement), but you'd need to run the script with root privileges for it to be able to remove root-owned files (second requirement). In fact, you can't increase privileges in a root script.
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
15.3k114769
One could usesudo(or equivalent) in the script (or better, function) to escalate privileges. The issue is dealing with command line flags and command line flag-like file names. You would have to do full processing of the command line to be able to correctly pass on any user-supplied flags to the realrm.
– Kusalananda
Oct 30 '17 at 10:13
I'm not talking about Unix commands. I'm talking about programs in general. I could easily write one myself even insh. I just don't want to do that, if someone else already done that.
– user1685095
Oct 30 '17 at 12:02
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
No, there is not. What you're looking for is the advanced behaviour of a script, which you won't find in UNIX commands as they are designed to do one simple thing and do it well.
You could write a script to automatically tell a file from a directory and hence use the appropriate rm or rmdir (first requirement), but you'd need to run the script with root privileges for it to be able to remove root-owned files (second requirement). In fact, you can't increase privileges in a root script.
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
15.3k114769
No, there is not. What you're looking for is the advanced behaviour of a script, which you won't find in UNIX commands as they are designed to do one simple thing and do it well.
You could write a script to automatically tell a file from a directory and hence use the appropriate rm or rmdir (first requirement), but you'd need to run the script with root privileges for it to be able to remove root-owned files (second requirement). In fact, you can't increase privileges in a root script.
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
15.3k114769
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
15.3k114769
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
15.3k114769
answered Oct 30 '17 at 9:59
dr01
15.3k114769
15.3k114769
One could usesudo(or equivalent) in the script (or better, function) to escalate privileges. The issue is dealing with command line flags and command line flag-like file names. You would have to do full processing of the command line to be able to correctly pass on any user-supplied flags to the realrm.
– Kusalananda
Oct 30 '17 at 10:13
I'm not talking about Unix commands. I'm talking about programs in general. I could easily write one myself even insh. I just don't want to do that, if someone else already done that.
– user1685095
Oct 30 '17 at 12:02
add a comment |Â
One could usesudo(or equivalent) in the script (or better, function) to escalate privileges. The issue is dealing with command line flags and command line flag-like file names. You would have to do full processing of the command line to be able to correctly pass on any user-supplied flags to the realrm.
– Kusalananda
Oct 30 '17 at 10:13
I'm not talking about Unix commands. I'm talking about programs in general. I could easily write one myself even insh. I just don't want to do that, if someone else already done that.
– user1685095
Oct 30 '17 at 12:02
One could use
sudo (or equivalent) in the script (or better, function) to escalate privileges. The issue is dealing with command line flags and command line flag-like file names. You would have to do full processing of the command line to be able to correctly pass on any user-supplied flags to the real rm.– Kusalananda
Oct 30 '17 at 10:13
One could use
sudo (or equivalent) in the script (or better, function) to escalate privileges. The issue is dealing with command line flags and command line flag-like file names. You would have to do full processing of the command line to be able to correctly pass on any user-supplied flags to the real rm.– Kusalananda
Oct 30 '17 at 10:13
I'm not talking about Unix commands. I'm talking about programs in general. I could easily write one myself even in
sh. I just don't want to do that, if someone else already done that.– user1685095
Oct 30 '17 at 12:02
I'm not talking about Unix commands. I'm talking about programs in general. I could easily write one myself even in
sh. I just don't want to do that, if someone else already done that.– user1685095
Oct 30 '17 at 12:02
add a comment |Â
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It doesn't matter who owns
foo/bar(as long asfoodoesn't have thetbit). To be able to delete it, you only need write access tofoo.– Stéphane Chazelas
Oct 30 '17 at 10:29