"rm" chokes

ionmich · 04-28-2005, 09:54 AM

When I try to clean out my Opera cache files using...

:~$ rm /home/ion/.opera/cache4/*

I get the following on the command line:-

-bash: /usr/bin/rm: Argument list too long

The "rm" manual page does not address this problem. Anyone have a solution?

Thanks.

Nobber · 04-28-2005, 10:00 AM

I'd do

rm -rf /home/ion/.opera/cache4

and then recreate the directory /home/ion/.opera/cache4 if required.

Shade · 04-28-2005, 10:57 PM

or cd to that directory and do

Code:

for i in *; do rm "$i"; done

--Shade

Matir · 04-28-2005, 11:47 PM

The conventional fix is, I believe:

Code:

find /home/ion/.opera/cache4/ -exec rm {} \;

buaku · 04-29-2005, 07:30 PM

there's also the xargs way!
I totally forget the syntax. Everytime I needed to use it I had to look it up. I thought I wrote it down once, but I can't seem to find it.

joker20 · 04-30-2005, 04:25 AM

geez, i need to get a huge list of commands - everytime i browse this forum i learn how to do new things on command lines

freakyg · 04-30-2005, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by joker20
geez, i need to get a huge list of commands - everytime i browse this forum i learn how to do new things on command lines

Okey Dokey............http://ss64.com/bash/index.html

here ya go.........

joker20 · 04-30-2005, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by freakyg
Okey Dokey............http://ss64.com/bash/index.html

here ya go.........

damn, thanks bro

ionmich · 05-01-2005, 11:12 AM

Thanks everybody. So many interesting solutions!