Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:33:04 -0600 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rm - Argument list too long Message-ID: <200601281733.47099.kirk@strauser.com> In-Reply-To: <9873AD032E93C851484DF81B@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <927ad6550601271534r17a6ddb2jd90b930f744d170f@mail.gmail.com> <9873AD032E93C851484DF81B@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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On Friday 27 January 2006 17:52, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> for files in *.*
> do
> rm $files
> done
Don't ever, *EVER* blindly unlink glob expansions. It's bad for you.
Instead, use something like:
find . -name 'sess.*' -delete
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Kirk Strauser
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