Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 20:14:10 +0000 From: Darren Wyn Rees <merlin@netlink.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: "rm -rf *" - "argument list too long" Message-ID: <20000507201410.M540@netlink.co.uk>
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I'm in a directory with a tonne of files I wish to delete. I type "rm -rf *", but it won't work, it gives "/bin/rm: Argument list too long". So how can I delete these many files ? I can "cd ..", and then "rm -rf <directory name>", and that works. However, what if I didn't wish to remove directories. In that case, what would I do to remove the files ? Thanks darren PS. (I'm finding it takes some getting used to putting the operands to many commands immediately after the command. Why is this so with FreeBSD? With Linux I can type 'rm * -rf' etc.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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