[plug] Argument list too long
Cameron Patrick
cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au
Mon Jun 16 14:22:47 WST 2003
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 02:13:23PM +0800, Brad Campbell wrote:
| rm * gives me an Argument list too long error.
| I can simply remove the dir, but is there another way ?
Either: find /path/to/dir -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm
Or: find /path/to/dir -type f -exec rm {} \;
(Now let the flames about which is superior and whether it is possible
to increase the kernel argument list limit begin...)
Cameron.
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