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Deleting Large Number of Files in SSH
Posted by Will Kruss on 31 May 2016 05:19 PM
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Know the command to delete an unlimited number of files in the fastest manner. In SSH you may find a circumstance where you want to delete more than the allowed number of files. In this case you would get the error: Argument list too long To delete an unlimited number of files in the fastest manner use this command: find /folder -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f This would delete all files in /folder. Replace /folder with the full path to the folder containing the files you want removed. | |
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