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  • abbreviation right margin
  • abbreviation Mormonism returned missionary
  • abbreviation Unix, sometimes uppercase remove

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Examples

  • On New Year's Eve, private detective John Justin Mallory, a resident of our Manhattan, is visited upon by an elf named Mürgenstürm from the other Manhattan.

    REVIEW: Stalking the Unicorn by Mike Resnick 2008

  • We're remaining how we are, but we're not together, which is kinda. .bah, but i mean itz alright. as long as i kno he has the same feelings for me as i do for him itz all good in da hood. i mean, who knows what'll happen in the future! my rm is the devil in disquise. u think im jokin, im not!

    zingerbabai Diary Entry zingerbabai 2006

  • Skip down to the bottom of the file and add these three lines. alias rm = 'rm - i' alias cp = 'cp - i' alias mv = 'mv - i'

    Comments for ArsGeek 2009

  • [HOST 4.7] # rm - r - i Directoryname rm: descend into directory ` Directoryname/'?

    LinuxQuestions.org ehdwuld 2009

  • There are several ways to help in this cause-alias rm, alias cp, or alias mv to their interactive variants in $HOME /. aliases, then source this file during system startup.

    Linux Today 2009

  • It really makes sense to add aliases to your rc file to ensure that you don't misuse rm or mv: alias rm = 'rm - i' alias mv = 'mv - i'

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2008

  • Can we use exclude option in "rm" command to exclude some files/folders?

    LinuxQuestions.org yadav_rk727 2010

  • If it's delete from the command line, you can write an 'rm' alias which mv's the file to a trash directory.

    LinuxQuestions.org kirthana 2010

  • Very Nice KDulcimer, I use "rm" when I want to clear my tmp out.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • Then I deleted the file. "rm" returned immediately.

    JJinuxLand 2009

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