find <directory> <pattern> | xargs rm
This would be faster if really many files have to be processed.
Zlatko Krastev
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Hello Basam,
try
find <directory> -name "program*" -exec rm {} \;
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Alex.
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Hello All,
I'm came across an issue yesteday, does anyone know a way around
deleting a large number of files without getting the 'parameter too
long'
message. i.e. I was trying to delete all the file that began with
program*.
There were too many files, so I had to actually cut my search down, to
something like program01* and so forth, to avoid the error message.
Thanks......
Regards,
Bassam