Re: [tlug] deleting a local list of filenames from remote server

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Curt Sampson writes:

 > > should do the trick.  (The && is paranoia, just in case the cd fails
 > > and you have a similar files in your home directory for some reason.)
 > 
 > Don't count on this;

*Never* count on anything.  Back up first!  But ...

 > cd returning an error code when it can't change to the directory is
 > actually a bashism, and most other Bourne-type shells don't do
 > this.

Uh, say whut?  It's POSIX 1003.1.