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Subject: Re: 'rm' Can not delete files
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On 2/7/12, =EB=CF=CE=D8=CB=CF=D7 =E5=D7=C7=C5=CE=C9=CA <kes-kes@yandex.ru> =
wrote:
> # rm *
> /bin/rm: Argument list too long.
>
>
> in this directory about 25000 files,
> but actually there is only one argument to rm it is '*' sign.
>
> Why rm get list of all files in directore instead of deleting one by one?

If you're removing everything, can you just remove the directory and re-cre=
ate
it? e.g:

    cd ..
    rm -rf foo
    mkdir foo

-Modulok-