rm command not ask before delete

Question

i have centos VPS created using XEN + OpenVZ virtualization.

-bash-3.2# uname -a
Linux host.domain.com 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5.028stab095.1xen #1 SMP Mon Oct 24 22:10:04 MSD 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

there are no question asked when i want to delete file(s)

-bash-3.2# vi test.txt
-bash-3.2# rm test.txt
-bash-3.2#

the main server (not virtualized one) is asking me first before delete any files.

[root@main ~]# vi test.txt
[root@main ~]# rm test.txt
rm: remove regular file `test.txt'? y
[root@main ~]#

how to configure virtualized environment to prompt me before deleting any file(s)?

thank you.

UPDATES: i don't want to use rm -i for each rm command. bashrc selected as answer.

FIXED:

i'm copying .bashrc and .bash_profile from main server

i) #vi .bashrc

enter the following:

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi

ii) copy default bash profile into user path

cp /etc/skel/.bash_profile /root/

ref: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50751

now my shell become [root@servername ~]#

Answer 1

The default CentOS .bashrc has the following in it:

# cat .bashrc
# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

In your example, your prompt looks like -bash-3.2#. This suggests that .bashrc is missing, or you became root without taking on the root's environment properly.

Answer 2

Use "rm -i".

You can use bash aliases. Just append

alias rm='rm -i'

to you ~/.bashrc and run

. ~/.bashrc

Answer 3

If you want to prompt before deleting files or directories. You will need to use

rm -i

If you also want to have a prompt for directories

rm -ri

You can add this to your .bashrc as per example by Dmitry.