> Actually even if you do rm -f, the -i will still be added if it is an alias. Yes, I know, but rm ignores -i if -f is given. [root@example ~]# touch blah

> Actually even if you do rm -f, the -i will still be added if it is an alias. Yes, I know, but rm ignores -i if -f is given. [root@example ~]# touch blah [root@example ~]# rm -i -f blah [root@example ~]# And hence: [root@example ~]# which rm alias rm='rm -i' /usr/bin/rm [root@example ~]# touch blah [root@example ~]# rm -f blah [root@example ~]# @type: yes, you're right, thanks for the reminder.