--- Arvind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
Even though Arvind has already got his answer I just felt like giving
the "right" ways of handling the "unix" problem ;).
find . -exec rm -rf {} \;
cd .. ; rm -rf <name of the directory>
I believe the suggested answer of using xargs wont work since it will
again pass 19201 args to rm ??
Mithun
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