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Subject: Re: Removing thousands of files using rm
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>I often have the need to remove hundreds or even thousands of files from a
>single directory (very often). Using rm, I usually get:
>
>pearl# rm -rvf *
>/bin/rm: Argument list too long.

man xargs

Len