'ls -l *' will fail with the same error as 'rm -f *'. Just use: ls | xargs rm -f
Isn't xargs covered in RHCE training and evaluation? :) On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 07:02, Henning, Brian wrote: > you could try > > ls -l * | xargs /bin/rm -f > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Bearer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long > > > What is an easy way to delete 9000 files in a directory when rm -f * > fails saying the argument list is too long? I'd prefer not to have to > do it a little bit at a time like: > > rm -f a*; rm -f b*; etc. > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
