for i in *; do rm -f $i; done On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:52:45 +0530, Zainul M Charbiwala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 1 Jun 2004 15:01:17 -0000 > "Anand Pandurang Shelake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hi all, > > I am silent user of the group. I am facing a problem for > >deleteing mails which are queued by sendmail function. I stopped > >the sendmail service. I tried rm * but I am getting message > >segmentation fault. The mails are in queue are around more than > >100000. Can Anybody help me in this for deleting the mails. > > rm might have a problem taking 100000 filenames on the command line. > The files are usually numbered with a common prefix. Try deleting them in > sets of 100-500. Its tedious but it'll get the job done. > > If you're a scripter, writing a one-line Perl script will do you wonders. > > hth, > Zainul. > > > > > >regds, > >Anand > > > > > >-- > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > -- > Zainul M Charbiwala > http://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~zainul/ > > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >
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