Linux: Cannot Delete Files from a Directory /bin/rm: Argument list too long
If you’re trying to delete files from a directory that have too many files and over sized then simply rm command will not work and you will get error /bin/rm: Argument list too long
root@hostname [~]# cd mydir root@hostname [~]# rm -f * -bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long.
In this case following command will be handy instead of rm and is much faster too.
root@hostname [~]# find . -type f -delete
above command will delete all files from the directory you’re in.
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