Disable the “>” operator in Rstudio linux terminal
For an interactive session via SSH on a Linux cluster in Rstudio, it is very easy to accidentally execute the keyboard shortcut for "run in terminal" when commands are highlighted in Rstudio console. This results in behavior such as
> library
or
Var1>Var2
being executed in terminal, which creates a library
or Var2
file in the remote working directory if the terminal is logged in at the bash prompt.
In a worst case scenario this would result in overwriting files in the remote working directory.
I would like to disable ">" in these sessions, but I am not sure how to do this.
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For an interactive session via SSH on a Linux cluster in Rstudio, it is very easy to accidentally execute the keyboard shortcut for "run in terminal" when commands are highlighted in Rstudio console. This results in behavior such as
> library
or
Var1>Var2
being executed in terminal, which creates a library
or Var2
file in the remote working directory if the terminal is logged in at the bash prompt.
In a worst case scenario this would result in overwriting files in the remote working directory.
I would like to disable ">" in these sessions, but I am not sure how to do this.
linux bash ssh terminal rstudio
New contributor
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>
is not a command, it's a redirection operator.
– Arkadiusz Drabczyk
10 hours ago
3
Redirection characters are fundamental to Linux shells and can't be changed. You should look at whether you can change the Rstudio prompt to something less drastic if accidentally copied. If you can't, you'll just need to take more care.
– AFH
9 hours ago
ok that explains why it can't be aliased, but do you have a suggestion how to address my question?
– user36302
9 hours ago
2
Bash appears to offer a restricted mode: stackoverflow.com/questions/50989369/…
– music2myear
9 hours ago
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For an interactive session via SSH on a Linux cluster in Rstudio, it is very easy to accidentally execute the keyboard shortcut for "run in terminal" when commands are highlighted in Rstudio console. This results in behavior such as
> library
or
Var1>Var2
being executed in terminal, which creates a library
or Var2
file in the remote working directory if the terminal is logged in at the bash prompt.
In a worst case scenario this would result in overwriting files in the remote working directory.
I would like to disable ">" in these sessions, but I am not sure how to do this.
linux bash ssh terminal rstudio
New contributor
For an interactive session via SSH on a Linux cluster in Rstudio, it is very easy to accidentally execute the keyboard shortcut for "run in terminal" when commands are highlighted in Rstudio console. This results in behavior such as
> library
or
Var1>Var2
being executed in terminal, which creates a library
or Var2
file in the remote working directory if the terminal is logged in at the bash prompt.
In a worst case scenario this would result in overwriting files in the remote working directory.
I would like to disable ">" in these sessions, but I am not sure how to do this.
linux bash ssh terminal rstudio
linux bash ssh terminal rstudio
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>
is not a command, it's a redirection operator.
– Arkadiusz Drabczyk
10 hours ago
3
Redirection characters are fundamental to Linux shells and can't be changed. You should look at whether you can change the Rstudio prompt to something less drastic if accidentally copied. If you can't, you'll just need to take more care.
– AFH
9 hours ago
ok that explains why it can't be aliased, but do you have a suggestion how to address my question?
– user36302
9 hours ago
2
Bash appears to offer a restricted mode: stackoverflow.com/questions/50989369/…
– music2myear
9 hours ago
add a comment |
5
>
is not a command, it's a redirection operator.
– Arkadiusz Drabczyk
10 hours ago
3
Redirection characters are fundamental to Linux shells and can't be changed. You should look at whether you can change the Rstudio prompt to something less drastic if accidentally copied. If you can't, you'll just need to take more care.
– AFH
9 hours ago
ok that explains why it can't be aliased, but do you have a suggestion how to address my question?
– user36302
9 hours ago
2
Bash appears to offer a restricted mode: stackoverflow.com/questions/50989369/…
– music2myear
9 hours ago
5
5
>
is not a command, it's a redirection operator.– Arkadiusz Drabczyk
10 hours ago
>
is not a command, it's a redirection operator.– Arkadiusz Drabczyk
10 hours ago
3
3
Redirection characters are fundamental to Linux shells and can't be changed. You should look at whether you can change the Rstudio prompt to something less drastic if accidentally copied. If you can't, you'll just need to take more care.
– AFH
9 hours ago
Redirection characters are fundamental to Linux shells and can't be changed. You should look at whether you can change the Rstudio prompt to something less drastic if accidentally copied. If you can't, you'll just need to take more care.
– AFH
9 hours ago
ok that explains why it can't be aliased, but do you have a suggestion how to address my question?
– user36302
9 hours ago
ok that explains why it can't be aliased, but do you have a suggestion how to address my question?
– user36302
9 hours ago
2
2
Bash appears to offer a restricted mode: stackoverflow.com/questions/50989369/…
– music2myear
9 hours ago
Bash appears to offer a restricted mode: stackoverflow.com/questions/50989369/…
– music2myear
9 hours ago
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is not a command but an operator, so you can't alias it. But you can disable overwriting files with the noclobber
option. Just run set -C
or set -o noclobber
(or add them to your ~/.bashrc)
The
noclobber
option is available to avoid overwriting existing files with output redirection (see TheSet
Builtin). The ‘>|’ redirection operator may be used to override noclobber.
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#The-Set-Builtin
This still wont prevent the creation of new files
– D. Ben Knoble
2 hours ago
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is not a command but an operator, so you can't alias it. But you can disable overwriting files with the noclobber
option. Just run set -C
or set -o noclobber
(or add them to your ~/.bashrc)
The
noclobber
option is available to avoid overwriting existing files with output redirection (see TheSet
Builtin). The ‘>|’ redirection operator may be used to override noclobber.
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#The-Set-Builtin
This still wont prevent the creation of new files
– D. Ben Knoble
2 hours ago
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>
is not a command but an operator, so you can't alias it. But you can disable overwriting files with the noclobber
option. Just run set -C
or set -o noclobber
(or add them to your ~/.bashrc)
The
noclobber
option is available to avoid overwriting existing files with output redirection (see TheSet
Builtin). The ‘>|’ redirection operator may be used to override noclobber.
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#The-Set-Builtin
This still wont prevent the creation of new files
– D. Ben Knoble
2 hours ago
add a comment |
>
is not a command but an operator, so you can't alias it. But you can disable overwriting files with the noclobber
option. Just run set -C
or set -o noclobber
(or add them to your ~/.bashrc)
The
noclobber
option is available to avoid overwriting existing files with output redirection (see TheSet
Builtin). The ‘>|’ redirection operator may be used to override noclobber.
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#The-Set-Builtin
>
is not a command but an operator, so you can't alias it. But you can disable overwriting files with the noclobber
option. Just run set -C
or set -o noclobber
(or add them to your ~/.bashrc)
The
noclobber
option is available to avoid overwriting existing files with output redirection (see TheSet
Builtin). The ‘>|’ redirection operator may be used to override noclobber.
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#The-Set-Builtin
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This still wont prevent the creation of new files
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This still wont prevent the creation of new files
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This still wont prevent the creation of new files
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is not a command, it's a redirection operator.– Arkadiusz Drabczyk
10 hours ago
3
Redirection characters are fundamental to Linux shells and can't be changed. You should look at whether you can change the Rstudio prompt to something less drastic if accidentally copied. If you can't, you'll just need to take more care.
– AFH
9 hours ago
ok that explains why it can't be aliased, but do you have a suggestion how to address my question?
– user36302
9 hours ago
2
Bash appears to offer a restricted mode: stackoverflow.com/questions/50989369/…
– music2myear
9 hours ago