Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:20:16 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem deleting files Message-ID: <7C69EC140D74AE2EE6EAF5CF@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> In-Reply-To: <20180702.044831.477271088854915236.yasu@utahime.org> References: <85B4CFC22AC0CA70B917D42D@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <20180702.044831.477271088854915236.yasu@utahime.org>
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--On July 2, 2018 at 4:48:31 AM +0900 Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org> wrote: > From: Paul Schmehl <paul.schmehl@gmail.com> > Subject: Problem deleting files > Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:13:30 -0500 > >> I have a problem with a directory full of files that I can't seem to >> delete. >> >> rm * returns argument list too long. So does file * >> >> find . -type f -exec rm [] \; returns rm: []: No such file or >> directory over and over again. > > Try following command. > > find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f > It took more than 24 hours, but the files are all gone. Thank you for the useful suggestion. Paul Schmehl, Retired As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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