Re: arg list too long in unix

I'm not sure xargs will work -- it seems to me that since xargs is typically invoked as: 'ls cz* | xargs rm', Nuno is likely to get the same arg list too long error. I think the best way to delete the files would be: 'find . -name cz\* -exec rm -f {} \;'

• Philip
  • Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 7:43 AM

Use the "xargs" command.
Read about it in the man pages.
Or use "find", but that is more complex.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au

• Original Message -----
  > 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.
  

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