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breakerjump on 07/22/08


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Remove Many File from Shell

 / Published in: Bash
 

Beyond a certain number of files, the 'rm' command throws an 'Argument list too long" error. This is the solution. Use cautiously.

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  1. find . -name 'FILE*' | xargs rm

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