first, pick a texteditor
first of all type:
go to an empty line and type
[code]alias rm='rm -i"[/code[
you'll thank me when the time comes.
I'm too lazy to explain what I just did, but if someone asks, I'll gladly do it.

I apreciate your post i trust u with all my heart and believe that someday i will need it.... but if u explain i will be less ignorant

let me know your thoughts

It just makes rm into interactive mode and confirms if you really want to delete that file or not.

You did a rm -rf /* right?

I would be unhappy to

A simpler way might be:
Note the placement of the period --the filename is not "bashrc" but ".bashrc", and also note the spaces and which quotes are double and which are single. The above command copies your ".bashrc" file into a backup, and then adds the line
onto the end of your ".bashrc" file without needing an editor. This way, every time you type the "rm" command (to delete files), you're really typing "rm -i", which will ask you whether you are sure.

The command "rm -rf /*" mentioned above will delete every single file on your drive, and is only recommended for masochistic nerds who have nothing better to do.

You may also want to add these lines that prevent writing over existing files:Håkan

I have all these in by default in root account

Yes, that is indeed what it does.
Kwtm, I could do it that way, but it'd be less work I'm bad at finding shortcuts to do things.

But, PLEASE NOTE: do NOT type
Make sure it has two ">"'s only one will wipe the file clean, THEN add that to it

More info, you may be flabbergasted when you type "ls", this is because ANY FILE WITH A PERIOD IN FROM OF IT IS A HIDDEN FILE/DIRECTORY.

To view these "hidden" files type "ls -a"