Hi, I had a same message[Argument List too Long] on AiX while deleting[rm] a bunch of log files start with Y_0* And to remove those in one shot I snipped the following. sagar > find <DIR> -type f -name "Y_0*" -exec rm -f {} \; This worked for me and still follows the rule 15 * * * * . Hope that shed some lights for you. -- ~O_0~ ~sagar http://vipinsagar.net *...i’ve to look back when i heard a gong! i could only see a huge cobweb and its shining, just got wonder, what the time it was…* *sagar* On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Geofrey Rainey <Geofrey.Rainey@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not the original poster but am interested in this thread and in > particular the "xargs" command. I'm not familiar with it, what is it and > how does one use it? > > thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cliff > Sent: Sunday, 30 May 2010 2:41 p.m. > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Argument List too Long > > Why not just use xargs? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 29, 2010, at 9:42 PM, "Carl T. Miller" <carl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Sanjay Chakraborty wrote: > >> I have a script and that run every month, In the script it has a mv > >> command and that moves about 35000 files from one directory to other > >> directory. In one system it is working but in other system I am > >> getting "Argument List too Long" error message. > >> > >> mv* ../$directory2/ cannot work. > > > > Try this: > > > > ls | while read file; do mv "$file" ../$directory2; done > > > > c > > > > > > -- > > 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 > ========================================================== > For more information on the Television New Zealand Group, visit us > online at tvnz.co.nz > ========================================================== > CAUTION: This e-mail and any attachment(s) contain information that > is intended to be read only by the named recipient(s). This information > is not to be used or stored by any other person and/or organisation. > > > -- > 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