Lindsay Allen writes: | > rm -rf * | | That's something I *never* do. Why? Because it puts "rm -rf *" in my | history buffer which means that one slip can lead to disaster. So I | use rm -rf /here/there/some/place/* which at least means I cannot blow | away my whole file system if I make an error. If that's a big concern for you, under bash, you could precede the command with a space, which prevents history insertion. Mx.