Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:25:51 -0500 From: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing thousands of files using rm Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20040706092508.03131340@81.255.84.73> In-Reply-To: <3703.209.167.16.15.1089123354.squirrel@209.167.16.15> References: <3703.209.167.16.15.1089123354.squirrel@209.167.16.15>
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>I often have the need to remove hundreds or even thousands of files from a >single directory (very often). Using rm, I usually get: > >pearl# rm -rvf * >/bin/rm: Argument list too long. man xargs Len
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