RE: LS Command Error

2000-05-20 Thread Burke, Thomas G.
y 16, 2000 10:46 AM > To: Red Hat-List (redhat-list-request) > Subject: LS Command Error > > Recently I executed the following command: > > rm -f dummy "ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,900d" > > As a result, I received the following error: > >

Re: LS Command Error

2000-05-20 Thread Steve Borho
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 08:45:30AM -0600, SoloCDM wrote: > Recently I executed the following command: > > rm -f dummy "ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,900d" > > As a result, I received the following error: > > bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long > > I know why (14,522 msg.* files exist in t

LS Command Error

2000-05-19 Thread SoloCDM
Recently I executed the following command: rm -f dummy "ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,900d" As a result, I received the following error: bash: /bin/ls: Argument list too long I know why (14,522 msg.* files exist in the directory), but I need a solution. Note: Detailed Documentation(s) and