I remember an anecdote where user was frightened by million Windows confirmation dialogs when wanted to delete a file and given up in the end. Har-har, you say happily: Windows treats users like cattle!
But it is much worse in Linux. You first try rm. It says you "it is a directory". There is no yes/no dialogs. You must google to proceed. Soon you discover that rmdir is intended to remove the folders. Happy you use it just to receive next excuse -- "Folder is not empty". You are a bit furious now. Soon you discover --ignore_fail_on_non_empty flag. Ignore non-empty! That is what I need finally! But only not in Linux. Linux protects files much better. There is not way to remove files in Linux. The command line exists just to infuriate the people.
But it is much worse in Linux. You first try rm. It says you "it is a directory". There is no yes/no dialogs. You must google to proceed. Soon you discover that rmdir is intended to remove the folders. Happy you use it just to receive next excuse -- "Folder is not empty". You are a bit furious now. Soon you discover --ignore_fail_on_non_empty flag. Ignore non-empty! That is what I need finally! But only not in Linux. Linux protects files much better. There is not way to remove files in Linux. The command line exists just to infuriate the people.
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