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Observations: rm--help:Deleting bulk files using rm


From: Sathyanesan, Deepak
Subject: Observations: rm--help:Deleting bulk files using rm
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:05:47 +0530

Hello,
 
Mailing the observations:
 
Steps: Tried to delete 15000 records (all with .xml as file extension)
Version : Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 8)
Error observed: -bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
Command used : rm *.xml
 
alternative found: 
find . -name '*.xml' -print0 | xargs -0 rm
 
Question:
How does rm --help be usefull to a user for these above activities
 
Thanks
Deepak.k.s
Lead -QA
 


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