Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 03:43:25PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I put > alias rm='rm -i' > in .bashrc > but rm still removes without asking for confirmation. Are you sure that ~/.bashrc is included at opening shell time? Check if you have: # include .bashrc if it exists if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc fi in your ~/.bash_profile Cheers, -- Marcin Rzepecki m.rzepecki(at)iem.pw.edu.pl