2015-10-16

[SOLVED]Argument list too long error for rm, cp, mv commands

#11:29 03/08/2015
When I am trying to delete all pdf's together using below command:

#rm -f *.pdf

I am getting the following error:

/bin/rm: cannot execute [Argument list too long]

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he reason this occurs is because bash actually expands the asterisk to every matching file, producing a very long command line.

Try this:
#find . -name "*.pdf" -print0 | xargs -0 rm


#Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11289551/argument-list-too-long-error-for-rm-cp-mv-commands

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