Dear coreutils maintainers, Quoting rm.c itself:
enum interactive_type { interactive_never, /* 0: no option or --interactive=never */ interactive_once, /* 1: -I or --interactive=once */ interactive_always /* 2: default, -i or --interactive=always */ }; interactive_once and interactive_always have short options, so why doesn't interactive_never have one, say "-n"? It would be nice to be able to run e.g. rm -rn some_folder instead of the more verbose rm --interactive=never -r some_folder The short option wouldn't necessarily have to be "-n", of course. Kind regards, David