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/bin/rm Argument List Too Long Error

Bug #485: /bin/rm Argument List Too Long Error

Added by Daniel Curtis about 11 years ago. Updated about 11 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
12/04/2014
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
0:30 h
Spent time:
0:30 h

Description

I came across a problem delete a massive amount of individual files, the error displayed the following:

/bin/rm: Argument list too long.

After doing a bit of research online I came across a neat solution to work around this issue.

cd /path/to/directory
find . -name '*' | xargs rm

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  • Status changed from Resolved to Closed
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