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Old May 14th, 2008, 01:47 PM
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Question Alias command

I want to create a script that will duplicate the effect of the rm -i command do I use alias command to do this.

alias "rm -i" "del"

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alias is just that. you create an alias to some other string.
If it is a script you would like you will want to check out (I am assuming Bash here, insert your shell as needed) file test operators. Also read teh man pages for rm and unlink
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