I think many people are missing the point. I'd say the emphasis in the title is more on the "need" than the "don't". Sometimes, you're in the terminal and some

I think many people are missing the point. I'd say the emphasis in the title is more on the "need" than the "don't". Sometimes, you're in the terminal and something needs to be done quickly and knowing the correct command might be the best option. The author is merely trying to help people out with some useful commands for these instances. I would, however, prefer that the author recommended using the interactive and verbose option for commands like `cp`, `mv` and `rm`, which I've personally found super helpful. Here's what I have in my `config.fish` (with a bonus for cp that preserves "mode, ownership and timestamps"): alias rm="rm -iv" alias mv="mv -iv" alias cp="cp -piv"