Hi Eric, Great followup
Thanks for this Cheers Deepak.Sathyan Verisign -----Original Message----- From: Eric Blake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 5:45 PM To: Sathyanesan, Deepak Cc: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Re: Observations: rm--help:Deleting bulk files using rm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Sathyanesan, Deepak on 5/21/2007 1:35 AM: > Error observed: -bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long Command used : > rm *.xml Not a bug, but a fundamental limitation of your OS. You have asked a FAQ: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Argument-li st-too-long > > alternative found: > find . -name '*.xml' -print0 | xargs -0 rm Indeed, that is one option that the FAQ recommended. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUY0p84KuGfSFAYARAuB7AJ0eALnuOXHmUGhz8KzWX7LKccUnqgCg11vv IWElo++kEQdcDbIUAh8yPkQ= =pdzC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
