On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:06:05 -0700, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote:
> tag 10819 needinfo > thanks > > On 02/15/2012 08:05 AM, jeremy.mag...@epitech.eu wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm writing to you to inform you of a possible bug in the linux "rm" > > command. > > I've experienced that when using by error the said command as > > following : "rm - rf#*" > > That's (probably) not a valid command. By putting a space between - and > r, you are asking rm to remove the literal files named "-" and any files > that match the glob "rf#*". Did you mean to type "rm -rf #*" instead, > which says to recursively and without warning remove any files that > match the glob "#*"? At least in bash, but I suppose in other shells too, rm -rf #* treats the "#*" part as a comment, and (if you remove the "-f") complains about missing operand to rm. -- D.
