You can use Linux rm command with -i or -I options to prompt before deletion of a file or directory in Linux.
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## You can use rm -i to prompt before every removal. touch myfile1 myfile2 ## create some files rm -i myfile* ## prompt before every removal ## rm: remove regular empty file ‘myfile1’? y ## rm: remove regular empty file ‘myfile2’? y ## You can also use rm -I option to prompt once before removing more than three files, or ## when removing recursively; less intrusive than -i, while still giving protection against most mistakes touch myfile{1..10} ## create some files rm -I myfile* ## prompt before removal if more than three files ## rm: remove 10 arguments? y mkdir -p mydir1/mydir2/mydir3/mydir4 ## create some directories rm -rI mydir1 ## prompt before removal ## rm: remove 1 argument recursively? y |