On 05/11/2010 04:31 PM, ubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> You might be able to reduce your home directory's size with a simple command:
>
> $ sudo rm -R *
>
--------> what does ' * ' mean .... yes? i didn't see it in man rm. -r
,-R ,---recursive , all mean the same?
> NOTE: DO NOT DO THIS!!!
> I mention it to illustrate the danger of simply blindly running
> commands on your computer. A recent thread had a similarly dangerous
> "solution" to a similarly simple problem.
>


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On 05/11/2010 07:42 PM, terry wrote:
>
>> $ sudo rm -R *
>>
>>
> --------> what does ' * ' mean .... yes? i didn't see it in man rm. -r
> ,-R ,---recursive , all mean the same?
>
>
The * is UNIX shell file glob pattern, and not part of the "rm" command
at all. rm will only see a list of files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_(programming)

The shell expands the glob pattern into some number of filenames
depending on which files match the pattern relative to your working
directory.

"echo *" will echo the files which match the glob pattern.

-rei


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