Removing multiple files.

[andycox]

Attempting to remove a large number of files in a directory which are no longer required. Following message is displayed:

Warning: Table_grow-exec data table page limit of 63 pages (MAXEXECARGS) exceeded by 1 pages
/bin/rm: arg list too long.

Is there any quick way of removing the files.

 

[KenCunningham]

Not sure how quick it will be, but you could try:

find <dirname> -name '*' -exec rm {} /;

Try with a -print first to confirm they are the files you want rid of.

HTH.

 

[PHV]

Something like this ?
find dirname -type f | xargs rm

Hope This Helps, PH.
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