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Subject: Re: rm - Argument list too long
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> I am getting error "Argument list too long." when deleting files from
> /tmp directory.
>
> ------------------------------------
> server20# pwd
> /tmp
> server20# ls -l sess*
> /bin/ls: Argument list too long.
> server20# rm -f sess*
> /bin/rm: Argument list too long.
> server20#
> ------------------------------------
>
> Any idea how to correct this ?

find /tmp -type f -name 'sess*' -delete

Probably worth adding a "-mtime +1" in there to only delete files that 
haven't been modified in 1 day...

-philip