rm -i *.txt | yes 

may work for you?

[root@localhost]# yes --help

Usage: yes [STRING]...

  or:  yes OPTION

Repeatedly output a line with all specified STRING(s), or `y'.

      --help     display this help and exit

      --version  output version information and exit

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com> wrote:

Good morning all,
I have a question that I don't know how to google. When I issue a command like "rm -i *.txt", it responds with a question that I type 'y' for every line. I recall a way to issue a 'y' to every question. I thought it was 'y!' but that doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know this trick.

Thanks,
Eric

p.s. yes, I know I can use \rm *.txt or rm -f *.txt for this specific trite case, but there are other situations where this would be helpful.

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