Safety first: the -i switch
• Prompt before overwriting or deleting files
• Use the-i switch
• “cp-i” and “mv-i” will ask you before overwriting files
• “rm -i” will ask before deletion
• Combine it with other options
• cp-Ri
□ rm -ri
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