On 02/07/2012 11:59 PM, Коньков Евгений wrote:
# rm *
/bin/rm: Argument list too long.
in this directory about 25000 files,
but actually there is only one argument to rm it is '*' sign.
Why rm get list of all files in directore instead of deleting one by one?
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AFAIR, the shell expands * to every match , so from this point of view
it is equivalent to the 25000 files. Try 'rm -f [a-d]*' , then [e-h]* or
similar until you get them all.
Best,
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Rares Aioanei
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