Mark Soma on Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:31:09 -0400 (EDT)


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RE: Too many args for rm *.in


This is a shell limitation you can break up the command, E.g.:
  /bin/rm a*.in or /bin/rm [a-d]*.in
A script will handle this quite nicely

-----Original Message-----
From: tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com
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Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 5:19 PM
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Subject: Too many args for rm *.in






rm *.in fails with the error "too many arguments" (there is 15000
files).
How do I use it with more arguments? (xargs man page makes no sense at
all)
TIA


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