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Question Creating a saferm that runs like rm

Hi,

I have a problem with the following. I am trying to learn UNIX and as I am not an expert I don't know how to do the following exercise:

Requirement: Show knowledge of how to use some or all of the following commands:

· rm
· cp
· mv
· if
· test
· alias
· getopts and shift (See by man bash)
· how the path works

Safe rm command

Write a safe rm command to replace the UNIX rm command i.e. it should work exactly the same, error messages etc. The new command should move the deleted files/directories to a directory called $HOME/deleted. If the file is already in $HOME/deleted it should be replaced by the current version. Also you should make it possible so the user can restore the file/directory in its previous directory.

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

Regards,

pksb
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