Interactive dirs extension to rm
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Description
I want to not have to type rm -r when I remove a directory, and also I want it secure so I've aliased rm to coreutils rm -rI. The problem is that I get prompted even when removing files. This behavior is present in GNU as well. So I suggest adding a --interactive=dirs option. It will prompt only when at least one of the arguments is a directory.
Behaviour of rm -rI
user@machine> rm -rI foo
rm: remove 1 argument recursively?
It removes recursively no matter whether the argument is a file or directory
Requested behavior of rm -r --interactive=dirs
user@machine> rm -r --interactive=dirs foo
user@machine>
When no arguments are directories it doesn't remove recursively
user@machine> rm -r --interactive=dirs foo bar/
rm: remove 2 arguments recursively?
When at least one argument is a directory it produces the same behavior as rm -rI
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by tracing the rm command's handling of -r, -I, and interactive options, then compare its behavior with the shell examples for file and directory arguments. Done means --interactive=dirs prompts only when at least one argument is a directory and matches the requested recursive behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100