i have 19201 files in my directory.
each time i issue the command, i am getting an error.
# rm -rf * bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
can anybody tell me why this is happening ?
* as a wildcard gets expanded to a list of files in that directory.
use find to list the files and pass it an xargs of rm
srs
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