> | I was going to write that it would be a really bad idea to name a file
> | '-rf ~&', but then I was afraid that someone would actually try it. A
>
Oh damn *shudder*
actually you can try it by locking that beast up in backtics and
using echo ?
$ echo `rm -rfvv ~`
^^
to get some output
grrrrrrreetings-to-all-the-m$-windoze-users-on-this-list-who-are-bored
by-this-thread*wink*
Jö!