Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 19:27:22 -0800 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm - Argument list too long Message-ID: <20060129032722.GB85318@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <200601281733.47099.kirk@strauser.com> References: <927ad6550601271534r17a6ddb2jd90b930f744d170f@mail.gmail.com> <9873AD032E93C851484DF81B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <200601281733.47099.kirk@strauser.com>
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On Sat, Jan 28, 2006, Kirk Strauser wrote: >On Friday 27 January 2006 17:52, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> for files in *.* >> do >> rm $files >> done > >Don't ever, *EVER* blindly unlink glob expansions. It's bad for you. > >Instead, use something like: > > find . -name 'sess.*' -delete While that's good advice, it doesn't answer the question of argument list too long. The short answer is read ``man xargs''. find . | xargs command Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Systems, Inc. URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasury. From the moment on the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a Dictatorship.'' Professor Alexander Fraser Tytler. 1801
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