it's also still possible to recover the files you deleted with rm. If you're lucky and didn't write too much to the hard-disk after deletion, yes, but with a r

it's also still possible to recover the files you deleted with rm. If you're lucky and didn't write too much to the hard-disk after deletion, yes, but with a recycling bin you have much higher chances of recovery. Regarding `del` in DOS: You're the second one to bring up that analogy. I don't see how this is relevant. Just because Windows does it that way doesn't mean that it's good.