Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:36:30 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very large directory Message-ID: <200501202136.NAA13625@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:30:20 %2B0100." <200501201130.j0KBUKMZ066099@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote:
> I would suggest trying this simple hack:
>
> cd /var/spool/directory ; cat . | strings | xargs rm -f
Since the original poster was willing to use -rf, wouldn't it be
better to do:
cd /var/spool/directory ; find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
Slightly more typing, but more robust.
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