Re: Apple recommending anti-virus software for Macs?

Warren Oates <warren.oates@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you only use the GUI, you probably won't do much damage. If you use
the command line, it's too easy to type rm -r * in the wrong directory
to hose your system.

An experienced admin aliases 'rm' to 'rm -i' in both his user
and root accounts.

To be ultra-safe with the 'rm' command, make it an 'ls' command
first, check that's the correct target, then do an up-arrow to
get the commandline again, type a Ctl/A to get to the beginning
of the line, Ctl/D's to delete the 'ls', then type '\rm -rf' to
execute the 'rm' and bypass the interactive questioning of 'rm -i'.
.

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