I recommend avoiding -f on rm if you can. Make one mistake and it can be painful. In this case think removing the -i from the unmark function will accomplish

I recommend avoiding -f on rm if you can. Make one mistake and it can be painful. In this case think removing the -i from the unmark function will accomplish what you want. I made something to the OP's system for the same reason of disdain for super deep trees at work. I'll make a gist and edit this post with it in a few minutes. Edit: https://gist.github.com/desertmonad/6258429 https://gist.github.com/desertmonad/6258429 I like the OP's idea of using symbolic links. That makes it more generally useful (i.e. a gui app can use those simple paths too). I may switch over to that.