Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:36 +0200 From: Rares Aioanei <bsdlisten@gmail.com> To: =?windows-1251?Q?=CA=EE=ED=FC=EA=EE=E2_=C5=E2=E3=E5=ED=E8=E9?= <kes-kes@yandex.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'rm' Can not delete files Message-ID: <4F31A15C.3050506@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1237723287.20120207235924@yandex.ru> References: <1237723287.20120207235924@yandex.ru>
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On 02/07/2012 11:59 PM, Коньков Евгений 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? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > AFAIR, the shell expands * to every match , so from this point of view it is equivalent to the 25000 files. Try 'rm -f [a-d]*' , then [e-h]* or similar until you get them all. Best, -- Rares Aioanei
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