Hi, If I try to rm many files, or fewer files with long names I get "bash: /usr/bin/rm: Argument list too long". Can anyone tell the limits?
Is the solution something like "for file in * ; do rm $file ; done"? /Morten The directory is empty: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ ls [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp 1000 files named f1,f2,f3,.. is ok: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ for (( i=1 ; $i<=1000 ; i=$i+1 )) ; do echo >f$i ; done [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ rm * 10000 files named f1,f2,f3,.. is not ok: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ for (( i=1 ; $i<=10000 ; i=$i+1 )) ; do echo >f$i ; done [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ rm * bash: /usr/bin/rm: Argument list too long Delete the files with windows: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ cmd Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp. D:\cygwin\tmp>del /q * D:\cygwin\tmp>exit 1000 files with long names is not ok: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ for (( i=1 ; $i<=1000 ; i=$i+1 )) ; do echo >ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff$i ; done [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ rm * bash: /usr/bin/rm: Argument list too long same thing for ls: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp $ ls * bash: /usr/bin/ls: Argument list too long (See attached file: cygcheck.out)
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