>> I often have the need to remove hundreds or even thousands of files from >> a >> single directory (very often). Using rm, I usually get: >> >> pearl# rm -rvf * >> /bin/rm: Argument list too long. >> >> Is there any way to work around this instead of having to select a small >> bunch of files at a time to remove? > > Not exactly, but find(1) will do the job for you. > Typically you would use it with xargs(1).
Thanks to all who replied. This following suggestion worked very, very well, and extremely quickly: > find /path-to-directory -type f -print | xargs rm I'll read up on find and xargs as this approach appears to be easily scripted and cronned. Tks again! STeve > > You may need to add some options to those commands depending on your > situation. For example, if you have embedded whitespace characters in > the file names or if you don't want to descend into subdirectories. > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
