Too many files in the directory, resulting in bulk deletion

Source: Internet
Author: User

The Argument list too long error message appears when too many files are deleted, and after this problem occurs, it can be handled as follows.

Simple summary:

    • Use the Xargs command in conjunction with find

Find. -name "*" | Xargs rm-rf ' * '

    • Use Find-exec to traverse and then perform the delete.

Find/tmp-type f-exec rm {} \;


The above method uses the-exec in Xargs and find, and a regular match is used in the lookup file.

Too many files in the directory, resulting in bulk deletion

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