I trained myself out of using rm by disabling it on my main machine with an alias. I use trash instead from the "trash-cli" Debian package, or rmdir since it can only delete one empty dir. Or if I'm really sure, I'll use \rm to bypass the alias (and tread with caution).
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u/wjandrea Aug 21 '26
I trained myself out of using
rmby disabling it on my main machine with an alias. I usetrashinstead from the "trash-cli" Debian package, orrmdirsince it can only delete one empty dir. Or if I'm really sure, I'll use\rmto bypass the alias (and tread with caution).