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Subject: Re: /bin/rm: Argument list too long.
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Dennis Koegel wrote:

> find /foo/bar -type f -maxdepth 1 | xargs rm -n100

Although xargs is the most versatile solution for when having too many 
items listed, for just deleting find itself can do it..
find /foo/bar -n "<mask>" -delete