It is also possible to rename the old directory, create a new one, set permissions on it and then delete the old directory "rm -rf somedirname". It's not the best approach, but it does work. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sites, Brad Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:46 AM To: 'golharam@xxxxxxxxx'; 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'; 'Chris' Subject: RE: Deleting LARGE number of files On Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:12 AM, Ryan Golhar is quoted as saying: > I encountered the same issue and had to delete groups of files, > something like rm a*, then rm b*. > > > Ryan > > > Okay, newbie question - and I can't find the answer on Google... :-| > > How can you delete the contents of a directory that has a > HUGE number of files? By huge I mean when "rm -f *" > complains with "too many items" error message. I don't care what's in > there, I just want to wipe it all. > > Thanks, > > Chris > The other option is a find command as such: #find /directory/path -name * -exec rm -f {} \; You shouldn't have any problem with the number of files using this method. Brad Sites, RHCE -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
