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Re:Advancing in the Bash Shell by chriswarbo on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @12:07PM (#12489569)
> I prefer to see what command is being executed before I press enter

On a similar note, I always get nervous when using "rm -rf", since the path is written in big-endian order, so an accidental nudge halfway through typing can cause something like

    rm -rf ~/Pictures/Scans/NeedConverting/*
To become

    rm -rf ~
Re:Advancing in the Bash Shell by ekianjo on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @12:25PM (#12489753)
One simple way to avoid something catastrophic:

rm -rfi

lets you get an interactive mode so you can confirm what's happening before it gets erased.