/bin/rm: Argument list too long

If you have too many files to remove, try this trick:

find . -name '*' | xargs rm -v

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Suneelm says:

22.06.10 at 08:14

Hey thanx man !!!!! it solved my problem .. i was trying to delete some ~1 lacs files of 6.2 TB storage space .. this command worked for me ..
Компьютерная барахолка says:

10.05.11 at 05:32

из консоли ls -l /usr/local/vpopmail/domains/oldcomp.ru/abuse/Maildir/cur/ | awk '{print "rm /usr/local/vpopmail/domains/oldcomp.ru/abuse/Maildir/cur/"$9}' | /bin/sh

удаляет все !!!

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