When I type rm -o in Konsole and reply "n" (for avoiding the deletion of a file) the file gets removed anyway. It doesn't matter what I type. The file always gets deleted. I thought this was specific to Konsole, but the same happens with xterm. The behaviour outside the GUI is as expected. I'm not sure which component is responsible, so please move it if it belongs to another package. Here's my environment: ANT_HOME=/usr/share/ant BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox-bin CASROOT=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin CG_COMPILER_EXE=/opt/bin/cgc CG_INC_PATH=/opt/nvidia-cg-toolkit/include CG_LIB_PATH=/opt/nvidia-cg-toolkit/lib64 COLORFGBG=15;0 CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d /etc/php/cli-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5.6/ext-active/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/dconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/revdep-rebuild CONFIG_PROTECT=/usr/share/maven-bin-3.3/conf /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/config /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 CSF_EXCEPTION_PROMPT=1 CSF_GraphicShr=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/lib64/libTKOpenGl.so CSF_IGESDefaults=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/XSTEPResource CSF_LANGUAGE=us CSF_MDTVFontDirectory=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/FontMFT CSF_MDTVTexturesDirectory=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/Textures CSF_MIGRATION_TYPES=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/StdResource/MigrationSheet.txt CSF_PluginDefaults=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/StdResource CSF_SHMessage=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/SHMessage CSF_StandardDefaults=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/StdResource CSF_StandardLiteDefaults=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/StdResource CSF_STEPDefaults=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/XSTEPResource CSF_UnitsDefinition=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/UnitsAPI/Units.dat CSF_UnitsLexicon=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/UnitsAPI/Lexi_Expr.dat CSF_XCAFDefaults=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/StdResource CSF_XmlOcafResource=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/XmlOcafResource CSF_XSMessage=/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/src/XSMessage DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-BnphjHvbxa,guid=8db7b30f99605547cc72bc11584c230c DESKTOP_SESSION=/usr/share/xsessions/plasma DISPLAY=:0 EDITOR=/bin/nano GCC_SPECS= GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf GS_LIB=/home/ambra/.fonts GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/home/ambra/.gtkrc-2.0:/home/ambra/.config/gtkrc-2.0 GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/ambra/.gtkrc:/home/ambra/.config/gtkrc GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/usr/share/guile/1.8 HISTCONTROL=ignoredups HOME=/home/ambra INFOPATH=/usr/share/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.3/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.25.1/info ITCL_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/itcl3.4 ITK_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/itk3.4 JAVAC=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac JAVA_HOME=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm JDK_HOME=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm KDE_FULL_SESSION=true KDE_MULTIHEAD=false KDE_SESSION_UID=1000 KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.3057 KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/4 KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/4 KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME=Shell LANG=bs_BA.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US LESSOPEN=|lesspipe %s LESS=-R -M --shift 5 LOGNAME=ambra LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.cfg=00;32:*.conf=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.ini=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.m4a=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.opus=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36: MAIL=/var/mail/ambra MANPAGER=manpager MANPATH=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.3/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.25.1/man:/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man/:/usr/lib64/php5.6/man/:/usr/share/postgresql/man/:/usr/share/postgresql-9.5/man/ MMGT_CLEAR=1 MULTIOSDIRS=../lib64:../lib32 OPENCL_PROFILE=nvidia OPENGL_PROFILE=xorg-x11 PAGER=/usr/bin/less PAM_KWALLET5_LOGIN=/tmp/kwallet5_ambra.socket PAM_KWALLET_LOGIN=/tmp/kwallet_ambra.socket PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.9.3:/usr/lib64/opencascade-6.7.1/ros/lin/bin:/opt/nvidia-cg-toolkit/bin:/usr/games/bin:/opt/cuda/bin PRELINK_PATH_MASK=/opt/bin/skype PROFILEHOME= PWD=/home/ambra QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM=raster QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib64/kde4/plugins SESSION_MANAGER=local/toshiba:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/4944,unix/toshiba:/tmp/.ICE-unix/4944 SHELL=/bin/bash SHELL_SESSION_ID=f8882cb26c584000b908fd7e92528a9d SHLVL=2 SSH_AGENT_PID=4897 SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ksshaskpass SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-dbSpdWsmMzUM/agent.4896 TCLHOME=/usr/bin TCLLIBPATH=/usr/lib64 TCL_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/tcl8.5 TERM=xterm TIX_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/tix8.4 TK_LIBRARY=/usr/lib64/tk8.5 USER=ambra _=/usr/bin/printenv VBOX_APP_HOME=/usr/lib64/virtualbox WINDOWID=153092144 XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth-1000-_0 XCURSOR_SIZE=0 XCURSOR_THEME=breeze_cursors XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/user/1000 XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 XDG_SEAT=seat0 XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=toshiba-1481384719.128198-1774329533 XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1 XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 XDG_VTNR=7 XSESSION=KDE-4
If it is also reproducible with xterm, then you should report it directly to coreutils developers via http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/coreutils.html