RE: Observations: rm--help:Deleting bulk files using rm

[Sathyanesan, Deepak]

Hi Eric,

Great followup

Thanks for this

Cheers
Deepak.Sathyan
Verisign 

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From: Eric Blake [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 5:45 PM
To: Sathyanesan, Deepak
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Subject: Re: Observations: rm--help:Deleting bulk files using rm

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According to Sathyanesan, Deepak on 5/21/2007 1:35 AM:
> Error observed: -bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long Command used : 
> rm *.xml

Not a bug, but a fundamental limitation of your OS.  You have asked a
FAQ:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#Argument-li
st-too-long

>  
> alternative found: 
> find . -name '*.xml' -print0 | xargs -0 rm

Indeed, that is one option that the FAQ recommended.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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