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Re: rm * , ls * : Invalid argument
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According to Dave Korn on 8/24/2006 1:43 PM:
>> Is there any way around to do what I want , i.e remove a large number of log
>> files using the rm command with the wildcard * argument.
>
> "find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm"
Except that deletes files starting with . (when rm * does not), and does
not delete symlinks (when rm * does). Also, you could save a process or two:
find -name '*.log' -delete
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Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
volunteer cygwin findutils maintainer
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