Comments on: Argument List Too Long Message in Linux http://blog.trendics.com/linux/argument-list-too-long-message-in-linux/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kent http://blog.trendics.com/linux/argument-list-too-long-message-in-linux/#comment-94 kent Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:34:55 +0000 http://blog.trendics.com/?p=82#comment-94 All nice tips. Thanks. All nice tips. Thanks.

]]> By: Tomdesinto http://blog.trendics.com/linux/argument-list-too-long-message-in-linux/#comment-93 Tomdesinto Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:27:59 +0000 http://blog.trendics.com/?p=82#comment-93 and also : find . -maxdepth 1 -name "*" -type f -delete and also :
find . -maxdepth 1 -name “*” -type f -delete

]]> By: Asvin Balloo http://blog.trendics.com/linux/argument-list-too-long-message-in-linux/#comment-92 Asvin Balloo Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:31:20 +0000 http://blog.trendics.com/?p=82#comment-92 You can also try this : ll | xargs rm -drv Much simpler ;-) You can also try this :
ll | xargs rm -drv

Much simpler ;-)

]]> By: billy http://blog.trendics.com/linux/argument-list-too-long-message-in-linux/#comment-91 billy Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:10:56 +0000 http://blog.trendics.com/?p=82#comment-91 I had the same issue a few mounths ago, this is what I came up with as a quick fix: #!/bin/bash locate "avant-window-navigator awn-manager > files.txt" rm -Rv `files.txt` ./awn.sh locate can be replaced with any other way to gather a large list of files. I had the same issue a few mounths ago, this is what I came up with as a quick fix:

#!/bin/bash
locate “avant-window-navigator awn-manager > files.txt”
rm -Rv `files.txt`
./awn.sh

locate can be replaced with any other way to gather a large list of files.

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