[plug] deleting files

Jon Miller jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au
Mon Apr 26 20:29:08 WST 2004


I have in one directory over 1000 files that needs to be deleted.  Of course when I issue rm -rf * I get  message stating the argument list was too long.  Is there a way to issue a single command to delete the entire content of the directory?

Thanks

Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS, ASE
Director/Sr Systems Consultant
MMT Networks Pty Ltd
http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au

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