trimming posts: was: Re: rm -rf .* alternatives

[Paul Scott <paslist@ultrasw.com>]

Kirk Strauser wrote:

> At 2003-10-26T18:46:05Z, David Jardine <david@jardine.de> writes:
>
> > rm -r `ls`
> >
> > do the trick?
> >    
>
> No; it wouldn't list files starting with '.'.  That whole line of
> experimentation also fails on any filename with a space in it.
>  
Thanks for trimming that so well!  I wonder how much the bandwidth on 
this list would be improved if every one else trimmed their posts this 
well!  That was a big hint for those of you who didn't trim anything in 
this thread!

Paul Scott