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Would you enjoy writing `rm --yolo file` instead of `rm file` every time?

• user3939382 8mo ago
  Not taking a position but the design of rm strengthens the position that recursive by default without flags isn’t ok. rm makes you confirm when you want changes to recurse dirs.
• phcreery 8mo ago
  In this case, "file" is the arg, not --yolo. `rm` without any args returns `` rm: missing operand Try 'rm --help' for more information. ``` `oxfmt` should have done the same and `oxfmt .`, with the desired dir ".", should have been the required usage.
  • xigoi 8mo ago
    I expect invoking a command-line tool without any arguments to perform the most common action. Displaying the help should only be a fallback if there is no most common action. For example, `git init` modifies the current directory instead of asking you, because that’s what you want to do most of the time.
• vladvasiliu 8mo ago
  No, but we're not talking about `oxfmt file` here, but `oxfmt` with no argument. I don't expect `rm` with no argument to trash everything in my CWD. Which it doesn't, see sibling's comment.
• watt 8mo ago
  would you enjoy it if running "rm" in any folder recursively deleted all files in it?