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My “alternative” to rm is to use mv directly. I just mv files aside whenever I am not 100% confident they are safe/ready to delete permanently.

Personally I’m not a fan of shell environment customizations like this because they are often fragile and may vary between systems. I like to know exactly what commands I’m executing.

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> Personally I’m not a fan of shell environment customizations like this because they are often fragile and may vary between systems.

True. I gave up the practice entirely many years ago for a slightly different reason -- I need to use many different systems on a regular basis, and don't want to get used to using something custom that won't exist on random system X without customizing it, too.

Often, I prefer predictability and stability over convenience.

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