Re: arg list too long in unix

kommareddy sreenivasa wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> OS: SOlaris 2.8
> DB: 8i
>
> In the clean up process of the following files, I am
> trying to list out the files that start with cz.
>
> cz-session-returnui177_11Jan02_0959AM_33509.txt
> cz-session-Applet178_11Jan02_0959AM_34108.txt
> cz-session-returnui175_11Jan02_0959AM_20504.txt
> cz-session-DHTML176_11Jan02_0959AM_22335.txt
> cz-session-returnui179_11Jan02_1000AM_34566.txt
> cz-session-Applet180_11Jan02_1000AM_34818.txt
> cz-session-BatchSingle181_11Jan02_1001AM_07757.txt
> cz-session-BatchSingle182_11Jan02_1001AM_11687.txt
> cz-session-BatchSingle183_11Jan02_1001AM_14010.txt
> cz-session-BatchSingle184_11Jan02_1001AM_17708.txt
> cz-session-BatchSingle185_11Jan02_1001AM_20029.txt
>
> but when I issue ls -ltr cz* , I am getting arg list
> too long error. I 70,000-80,000 files that needs to be
> removed from the directory.
>
> I cant list them using ls -ltr *session* as this
> string may change. I have to identify the files that
> srart with cz only.
>
> can somebody through somelight on this.
>
> thanx in advance,
> srinivas
>

Srinivas,

    If you are using the Bourne shell try issuing the same command under ksh.

HTH Stephane Faroult
Oriole Software

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