Solution to the linux Argument list too long error, argumentlong

Solution to the linux Argument list too long error, argumentlong

Solution to the linux Argument list too long error

Delete all files in the/tmp directory today. The number of files is large.

Ls-lt/tmp | wc-l385412

When rm * is used, the system prompts the error Argument list too long

The reason is that in linux, you try to pass too many parameters to a system command (ls *; cp *; rm *; cat *; etc ..) the Argument list too long error occurs.

The solution is as follows:

Use find-exec to traverse and delete the file.

Sudo find/tmp-type f-exec rm {}\;