[plug] Argument list too long
Brad Campbell
brad at seme.com.au
Tue Jun 17 14:24:01 WST 2003
Brad Campbell wrote:
> Russell Steicke wrote:
>
>> $ find . -type f -maxdepth 1 -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
>
>
> Thanks guys.
> I knew I had to use xargs somehow but I'm in brainfade mode and the man
> page was not making any sense.
>
> Cheers for the enlightenment :p)
>
After some playing I found the simplest form to be
ls | xargs rm
I now understand xargs.
Thanks again..
--
Brad....
/"\
\ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN
X AGAINST HTML MAIL
/ \
More information about the plug
mailing list